Poor Man's Orange (1987)

Poor Man's Orange

The Darcy family continues their struggle to build a new and better life despite the forces lined up against them in this sequel to the popular made-for-TV film Harp in the South. It's the early '50s and the Darcys have managed to find a little home for themselves in Sydney. Father Hughie (Martyn_Sanderson); his wife, Mumma (Anne Plelan); and their younger daughter, Dolour (Kaarin_Fairfax), live in the downstairs half of the house, while older daughter Rosie (Anna Hruby) stays in the upstairs apartment with her husband, Charlie (Shane Feeney-Connor), and their own little girl, Moira. Charlie's drinking problem has made Rosie's difficult life all the more troubling, and life remains an uphill climb in the Irish-emigre community of Surry Hills, but as bad luck, illness, and romantic discord make their presence known, the Darcys find that what they need most to survive is one another.