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Tropical-set romance Celeste – about a songstress attempting to recapture her former glory – arrives more than a decade after writer/director Ben Hackworth's challenging debut feature, Corroboree. Stephen A Russell speaks to this ambitious filmmaker about his admiration for playwright Bille Brown and old Hollywood as well as the process of shaping headliner Radha Mitchell's emotionally complex role.
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Thomas Cocquerel, glory days, nostalgia, stepson, forbidden romance, opera, Celeste Lazarenko.
