Force of Destiny

Force of Destiny
Force of Destiny
Directed by	Paul Cox
Written by	Paul Cox
Produced by	Mark Patterson; Maggie Miles; Baby Mathew Somatheeram.
Starring	David Wenham
Release date	2015;
Country	Australia
Language	English

Force of Destiny is a 2015 Australian film written and directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's last feature. It starred David Wenham.^[1]

The film was based on Cox's liver transplant.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Premise

A sculptor, Robert, who lives and works by himself outside Melbourne discovers he has terminal liver cancer. He shuts down emotionally until he meats a marine biologist, Maya,

Cast

David Wenham as Robert
Hannah Fredericksen as Poppy
Jacqueline McKenzie as Hannah
Shahana Goswami as Maya
Kym Gyngell
Terry Norris

Reception

The film screened at the Melbourne Internationa Film Festival.

The Hollywood Reporter wrote the film "constitutes a series of scenes repeated with variation in pitch: Robert in hospital, Robert fretted over by his wife and daughter, then soothed by the devotion of Maya. The character of Maya is solicitous, unquestioning, mysterious but earthy: a flattened version of a real woman... the Indian sections in Force of Destiny — in which Maya returns to India to be by the bedside of her uncle (Mohan Agashe), also stricken by cancer — feel organic only to the film’s financing."^[5]

References

^ Siemienowicz, Rochelle (4 August 2015). "Force of Destiny review: Paul Cox faces mortality as only Paul Cox can". SBS.
^ Edwards, Dave. "Force of Destiny – movie review". The Blurb.
^ Carroll, Emma (25 August 2015). "Director Paul Cox on Force of Destiny". Screen Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
^ Buckmaster, Luke (24 September 2015). "Film-maker Paul Cox: 'I was supposed to be dead quite a few times now'". The Guardian.
^ Windsor, Harry (13 August 2015). "Force of Destiny". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

[1] Siemienowicz, Rochelle (4 August 2015). "Force of Destiny review: Paul Cox faces mortality as only Paul Cox can". SBS.

[2] Edwards, Dave. "Force of Destiny – movie review". The Blurb.

[3] Carroll, Emma (25 August 2015). "Director Paul Cox on Force of Destiny". Screen Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

[4] Buckmaster, Luke (24 September 2015). "Film-maker Paul Cox: 'I was supposed to be dead quite a few times now'". The Guardian.

[5] Windsor, Harry (13 August 2015). "Force of Destiny". The Hollywood Reporter.

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