Dead Letter Office

Oct 8 1999 N/A 1h 35m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

After years of having her letters to her estranged father come back as undeliverable, a young woman takes a job at a Dead Letter Office. She hopes to figure out how to locate her father. Unexpectedly, she finds a potential romance and begins to learn more about herself.

Plot

Alice's father left when she was a child. She continued to share her life with him in letters that she sent not realising that he never received them. Eventually, they all come back with "Dead Letter Office" stamped on the front. As an adult, she becomes consumed with a desire to find him and takes a job with the Dead Letter Office, convinced that she can use them to fulfill her romantic notions of a reunion with her father. What awaits her at the DLO is far more than that ...

Written by

Deb Cox

Directed by

John Ruane

Cast

Miranda Otto, George DelHoyo, Alicia Banit

Crew

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Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

Artist Services, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Film Victoria, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
475
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA