The Monkey's Mask

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The Monkey's Mask is a 2000 Australian neo-noir thriller film, adapted from Dorothy Porter's verse novel, that blends crime, poetry, and lesbian romance.

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instanceOf film
adaptationType film adaptation of a verse novel
authorOfSourceWork Dorothy Porter
basedOn The Monkey's Mask (verse novel)
linked to: The Monkey's Mask
character Diana Maitland
Jill Fitzpatrick
cinematographyBy Garry Phillips
countryOfOrigin Australia
director Samantha Lang
distributor Dendy Films
editedBy Dany Cooper
filmFormat feature film
filmingLocation Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
genre LGBT-related film
crime film
lesbian film
neo-noir
romantic drama
thriller
language English
musicBy Amanda Brown
Jen Anderson
notableFor blending crime narrative with poetry
depiction of lesbian relationships in a noir context
originalWorkMedium verse novel
plotSummary A lesbian private investigator is hired to find a missing student and becomes involved in a dangerous affair with the victim's poetry lecturer.
producer John Maynard
Robert Connolly
releaseType theatrical release
releaseYear 2000
runtimeMinutes 94
screenwriter Anne Kennedy
Samantha Lang
setting Sydney
sourceWorkPublicationYear 1994
stars Abbie Cornish
Deborah Mailman
Kelly McGillis
Marton Csokas
Susie Porter
themes betrayal
crime investigation
lesbian romance
poetry
sexual obsession

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Geoff Burton notableWork The Monkey's Mask
Jan Chapman notableWork The Monkey’s Mask
linked to: The Monkey's Mask
The Monkey's Mask basedOn The Monkey's Mask (verse novel)
linked to: The Monkey's Mask
Australian literature canon hasPart The Monkey’s Mask
linked to: The Monkey's Mask