Movie: This Is Not a Love Story

Top 8 Billed Cast

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy

Belinda

Stephen Lovatt
Stephen Lovatt

Tony

Peta Rutter
Peta Rutter

Suzanne

Beryl Te Wiata
Beryl Te Wiata

Violet

Bruce Hopkins
Bruce Hopkins

TV Writer

Peter Elliott
Peter Elliott

Karl

Stelios Yiakmis
Stelios Yiakmis

Geoff

Alan de Malmanche
Alan de Malmanche

Violet's friend

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  • Overview

    In an inner city loft Belinda(Smuts-Kennedy) lives her dream of being a writer. Across the street is Suzanne (Rutter), a painter who has the success Belinda craves. Suzanne lives with Tony (Lovatt), an actor frustrated by his dead-end role in a soap, who is looking for a way out. Soon Belinda is caught up in a love triangle - which is just the experience she needs to inspire her first novel. This is about sex and love, success and failure, creativity and careers.

  • Release Date

    2002-07-15

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    Life is messy, so sometimes you just have to jump in.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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