Cosi

Mark Joffe
1996-03-04

When chasing your dreams... it helps to be a little crazy!
6.3
102 min

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart despite the fact that none of the patients are able to sing and none of them speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ben Mendelsohn Lewis The Free Refills
Barry Otto Roy Unowned
Toni Collette Julie Zac E. Chan
Rachel Griffiths Lucy Unowned
Aden Young Nick Unowned
Colin Friels Errol Unowned
Jacki Weaver Cherry Unowned
Pamela Rabe Ruth Unowned
Paul Chubb Henry Unowned
Colin Hay Zac Unowned
David Wenham Doug Unowned
Tony Llewellyn-Jones Kirner Unowned
Kerry Walker Sandra Unowned
Robin Ramsay Minister for Health Unowned
Henry Maas Bernard Goldman Unowned
Jack Walsh Air Wrestler Unowned
Lawrence Woodward Electrician Unowned
Brian Ellison Rigger Unowned
Tamara Kuldin Seamstress Unowned
Dennis Allard Carpenter Unowned
Toni Moran Painter Unowned
David Anthony Knucklehead Unowned
Skye Wansey Ms Spock Unowned
Nick Penn Ballroom Man Unowned
Dan Wyllie Closed Ward Nurse Unowned
Damian Monk Closed Ward Nurse Unowned
Rachael Maza Long Nurse at Concert Unowned
Robert Noble Mens Ward Nurse Unowned
Samantha McDeed Pink Lady Unowned
Michael Robertson Cussing Patient Unowned
Samantha Rebillet Student Actor Unowned
Anita Hegh Waitress Unowned
Paul Mercurio Mental Patient (uncredited) Unowned
Greta Scacchi Mental Patient (uncredited) Unowned