''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

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. The film stars Craig Adams,

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and

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. 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

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in 1992.

Plot

Cast

*Craig Adams as Ken Riddle * Rhondda Findleton as Gwen Riddle *

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as Max Wiseman *

as Barry McJannet *

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

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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 *

Rebekah Elmaloglou Rebekah Sophie Elmaloglou (born 23 January 1974) is an Australian actress, known for her roles as teenage tearaway Sophie Simpson on ''Home and Away'' and Terese Willis on ''Neighbours''. She also made guest appearances in '' E Street'', '' A ...

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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