In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Paper Bark Films Pty. Ltd., RMB Productions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Ingenious Broadcasting
- Keyword: sydney, australia, 1970s, family reunion, dying mother
- Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Charlotte Rampling, Alexandra Schepisi, Helen Morse, John Gaden