Product Details

• Actors: Rose Byrne, Rikiya Kurokawa, Nicholas Hope, Elise McCredie, Tim Richards
• Directors: Clara Law
• Format: PAL
• Language: English, Japanese
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Palace Films
• Run Time: 119 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AOKZ6U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,998 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Goddess of 1967" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the scenes, Documentary, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Goddess' stands for French 'Déesse', the nickname of Citroën DS, the name of a famous car designed in the fifties. A young and well-situated Japanese man is dreaming of such a car, and one fine day he finds an offering on the net. He calls the seller (a man living in Australia), they agree upon the price and so he travels to Australia in order to buy the car. But when he reaches his destination, there's chaos all around: The seller as well as his wife lay dead in their house and a 17 year old girl lets him in and offers him something to eat. He walks out with horror but then comes back because he forgot to ask about the car... The girl lets him see the car, and then they start a 5 day trip through the outback, and, at the same time, a trip back in time into the early youth of the girl and into her family's chronicle.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, Venice Film Festival, ...The Goddess Of 1967 ( The Goddess Of Nineteen Sixty Seven )

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Goddesses and a Guy, May 9, 2007

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J. A. Eyon "Little Raven" (Seattle - USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goddess of 1967 (DVD)

I discovered a new actress when I accidently picked up an Aussi film called THE GODDESS OF 1967. I was searching for a certain Chinese woman director and mistakenly thought her name was Clara Law. But this turned out to be a happy mistake.

While this film has a familiar plot, Clara Law put it together in such an unexpected way that it made every minute worth while. Surprise plot twists. Funny moments. Bold colors. Unexpected composition. Dramatic editing. And two superb performances in the lead.

There's Japanese actor Rikiya Kurokawa who plays a young man from Tokyo who goes to Australia to buy a classic car -- a pink 1967 Citroen DS (aka, "Goddess") -- and winds up driving a young blind woman across country to some mysterious destiny. Flashbacks provide clues. The blind woman is played by a very talented and beguiling Australian actress named Rose Byrne. And she's a goddess herself.

Ironically, Rose is often filmed with her face in shadows. Ironic because (1) she is playing a blind woman (shouldn't the other people be in shadows?), and (2) because she is remarkably beautiful.

This is an surreal movie with an eerie beauty.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uniquely Disturbing yet Hauntingly Beautiful, May 1, 2006

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Vera (Poland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Goddess of 1967 (DVD)

This film will have you guessing till the very end. It's an artistic psychological drama with a disturbing, if not happy, ending. Beautifully shot, and perfectly cast! What more could you want?

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING MOVIE, October 1, 2005

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C. Wood "librarian surfdude" (Portland, OR USa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Goddess of 1967 (DVD)

I saw this movie at the 2000 (or 2001) Portland International Film Festival. It was the best movie at the festival. I have been waiting to buy it since. It is incredibly beautiful. It has some brutal parts, but it shows how people can rise above their circumstances. I am not a good enough writer to adequately discribe this movie.