Hélène Aughain
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The film, which stars Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve her personal life by moving from her dead-end hometown, the fictional Porpoise Spit, to Sydney.
Muriel's Wedding: Directed by P.J. Hogan. With Sophie Lee, Roz Hammond, Toni Collette, Belinda Jarrett. A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
Ernest, Alphonse's brother-in-law, arrives in town, demanding he return to his wife—this revelation shocks Hélène. Later, it is revealed that Bernard has murdered Robert. In the midst of the series of troubling events, Alphonse's wife, Simone, arrives at Hélène's empty apartment. She walks from room to room, but finds no one there.
While the film largely follows Muriel’s journey, Betty’s is similarly affecting. Her husband is a bully of all the worst attributes – corrupt, misogynistic, racist, narcissistic.
The central focus is Muriel’s personal growth in rejecting ideology that promotes romantic coupling as the pinnacle of happiness for women. Instead Muriel embraces her own worth and her ...
Two decades after Muriel got married, director P.J. Hogan reflects on where it all began, and why his film still resonates.
His sister did get married in her 30s, said Hogan. “She met a guy, fell head over heels for him. She’s living in Sydney. She has a daughter. She loved the film. And she’s since claimed Muriel.
