My 150 Favorite Movies - #70

The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)

Gillian Armstrong directed this Australian-made melodrama about a romantic love triangle and the effects on the family depicted. Swiss actor Bruno Ganz stars along with New Zealand actresses Lisa Harrow and Kerry Fox playing sisters whose boundaries shift during the course of the action. The cinematography has been often been cited as outstanding, but more than anything else, it is the riveting performances  that make this one worth seeing.