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Mel Gibson starred in this low-profile romantic drama (adapted from the debut novel by Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough) in between the first two Mad Max movies, and it couldn't be further from the murder and mayhem of those action favourites. Gibson plays a trusting simpleton who tumbles into a relationship with wary older woman Piper Laurie, who is teaching him to read. The sexual tensions between this odd couple keep sentiment at bay, and Gibson's performance as the wide-eyed innocent alerted audiences to the fact that there was more to the man than just action movies.
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