During World War II, a group of women from England, America, the Netherlands, and Australia is imprisoned in Sumatra, and their journey is told in the 1997 film Paradise Road. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and starred Glenn Close as the saintly Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy, and Elizabeth Based on real events, Bruce Beresford's movie tells the story of a vocal orchestra made by the women in a Japanese P.O.W. camp. It's a classic survivors' story that shows how women can overcome hardship and atrocity by sticking together and being creative.
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During World War II, a group of women from England, America, the Netherlands, and Australia is imprisoned in Sumatra, and their journey is told in the 1997 film Paradise Road. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and starred Glenn Close as the saintly Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy, and Elizabeth Based on real events, Bruce Beresford's movie tells the story of a vocal orchestra made by the women in a Japanese P.O.W. camp. It's a classic survivors' story that shows how women can overcome hardship and atrocity by sticking together and being creative.
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