''Love in Limbo'' (released in the Philippines as ''Touch Me, Kiss Me, Love Me'') is a 1993 Australian

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film directed and produced by

David Elfick David Elfick (born 20 December 1944) is an Australian film and television writer, director, producer and occasional actor. He is known for his association with writer-director Phillip Noyce, with whom he has collaborated on films including ''New ...

. The film stars Craig Adams,

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and Russell Crowe. The film was released on 20 May 1993. Visually the film was heavily influenced by ''

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'' (1956). It was nominated for three awards by the Australian Film Institute in 1992.

Plot

Cast

*Craig Adams as Ken Riddle *

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as Gwen Riddle *

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as Max Wiseman *

as Barry McJannet * Russell Crowe as Arthur Baskin *

Maya Stange Maya Stange is an Australian television and film actress known for starring roles in the films ''In a Savage Land'', ''Garage Days'' and '' XX/XY''. She also had recurring roles on the TV series '' Love Child'' and '' A Place to Call Home''. She ...

as Ivy Riddle *Samantha Murray as Maisie *Bill Young as Uncle Herbert *Leith Taylor as Mrs. Rutherford *

Jill Perryman Jill Perryman AM, MBE (born 30 May 1933) is an Australian former stage and screen actress and singer. Combining both her stage acting and her singing, she featured in numerous musical theatre roles, over eight decades and spanning 70 years of ...

as Aunt Dorry *Robert van Mackelenberg as Headmaster *Peter De Bari as Schoolboy *Arianthe Galani as Mrs. Costanides *Faye Metaxas as Mrs. Laventis *Igor Sas as Maurice Hosking

Release

''Love in Limbo'' was released in Australia on 20 May 1993. In the Philippines, the film was released as ''Touch Me, Kiss Me, Love Me'' in November 1995.

Critical response

Rob Lowing, film critic for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' rated the film two stars out of four. Lowing described the film as "unatmospheric but well-produced" and "laced with distressingly puerile ''

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''-like humour". For ''

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'', Karl Quinn wrote, "To note that David Elfick's ''Love In Limbo'' is a beautifully-designed film is to point to both its greatest strength and its great weakness, for it is surely one of the best recent examples of the triumph of style over substance".

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and

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for

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's ''

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'' both rated the film three stars out of five. In her review Pomeranz concluded, "''Love in Limbo'' may not be ultimately, totally satisfying but it certainly has its share of entertaining moments". Stratton praised the production design, adding, "The acknowledgement to movies of the

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is very clear here and very well done".

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