Dead Letter Office

Alice has been writing to her absent father since she was a little girl. The letters always came back, bearing the stamp of the Dead Letter Office. Now grown up and finding herself unemployed, she gets a job in the very office, still hoping perhaps to track him down – just to see his face. It may help make her feel better. She is hired by the rather reserved manager, Frank, and taken in by the small team who run the dead end of the postal service. Prompted by the team’s work, Alice begins her quest for Dad – eventually enlisting Frank’s reluctant help. Frank, after all, prefers to leave some things alone when nothing good can come of them; he has been deeply hurt in the past, and has lived inside his shell for years. Alice’s attitude and her innocently determined quest gently unlocks the door to the shell.

Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Length: 93mins
Year: 1998
Writer: Deborah Cox
Director: John Ruane
Producer: Denise Patience
Awards/Festivals: Winner 1999 Australian Cinematographers Society Golden Tripod Award; Winner 1998 Australian Writers Guild Awgie Awards for Original Feature Film written by Deborah Cox; Nominated for Australian Film Institute Awards 1998 for Best Achievement in Production Design and Best Original Screenplay by Deborah Cox; Nominated for Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 1999 Best Actor –Female for Miranda Otto, Best Original Screenplay by Deborah Cox; Winner Verona Love Screens Film Festival 1999 Best Artistic Contribution John Ruane (direction), Deborah Cox (screenplay).
CAST: Miranda Otto, George DelHoyo, Nicholas Bell, Syd Brisbane, Georgina Naidu, Barry Otto, Jane Hall

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