

A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
Acting
Blanchett and Close in early career fire.
Direction
Beresford finds grace in degradation.
Score
The vocal orchestra: actual goosebumps.

Director
Bruce Beresford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The vocal orchestra was real; surviving POW Norah Chambers consulted on the film's musical arrangements.
Beresford deliberately cast against 'movie star' beauty—his women look authentically ravaged, a rarity for 1990s Hollywood.
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