Uneven, absurdist comedy about an Australian Communist who has a brief encounter with her hero, Josef Stalin, and bears his child. The latter grows up to be a right-wing militant intent on ruling Australia. We first meet Joan Fraser (Judy Davis) in 1949: Stalin runs
the Soviet Union with a firm hand, and Joan is the most radical of her Sydney circle of party members, who gather in the local pub. She writes letters to the Russian dictator (F. Murray Abraham), offering to serve as his Australian voice, and while her Stalin fixation irks boyfriend Zachary (Oscar
winner Geoffrey Rush), he's a tolerant fellow -- that is, until Stalin notices Joan's devotion and invites ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
R
Length:
101 mins