Gentle Strangers


Gentle Strangers is a 1972 Australian film directed by Cecil Holmes.

Plot

A Chinese boy and a Thai girl have a romance when they meet in a seedy boarding house in Sydney. An Indonesian student is posted to a rural research centre while his wife and child cope with life in the city.

Cast

  • Yee Choo Koo as Preeyan
  • Clem Chow as Lawrence
  • Rick Lay as himself
  • Eric Lay as himself
  • Yanti Lay as herself
  • Jennifer West as Miss Emerson
  • Lyn Murphy as Mrs Baker

Production

Cecil Holmes spent a year researching and writing the film, which was made for Film Australia. It was shot on 16mm with a mostly non professional cast.

Release

The film was released through non commercial film libraries and screened on commercial television but did not screen in cinemas.