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Children Of The Revolution

1996, Movie, R, 101 mins

Children Of The Revolution: Review

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 serv... read more leave a comment