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This Woman Is Not a Car
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This Woman Is Not a Car

1982-01-06 · 23 min · ★ 4.0

Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

A depressed wife and mother whose reality is starting to fracture into fantasy, drives her children to the beach. On the return journey she stops at a service station to fill up with petrol. Four mechanics eye her off and, as one of them walks towards her car, a full-blown erotic fantasy develops.

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Directors
Margaret Dodd
Production companies
Arid Zone Productions
Countries
Australia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Phil ColsonThe Mechanic
Richard MorecroftRichard Morecroft
Daniel Sedgwick
Gareth Sedgwick
Katrina SedgwickKatrina Sedgwick
Lisa Sedgwick
Pauline SedgwickThe Mother

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