Paradise Road, an Australian film directed by Bruce Beresford (1997), tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch, and Australian women imprisoned by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. It stars Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Julianna Margulies, Jennifer Ehle, Cate Blanchett, and Elizabeth Spriggs. Cate Blanchett plays Susan McCarthy, an Australian nurse who finds strength in the internment camp. In 1997, Cate appeared in the films "Thank God She Met Lizzie"