Mi\(.chael Powell teamed" w]ith actor >],_James.> Mason (who also co-p+=\,'roduce#d), to make a film loosel^y b?!'a.;sed on the &<] l\[ ife>][ of !controversial Aus _,:tralian a<,rtist \#No<!rman Lindsay. Age Of Consent stars Mason a#$(`s
a^<- j;aded painte &)\r who; heads Down Under, looking for a way to rev^_ital,i#ze hi@.s creative)^ ^$ @soul. His se`;lf-impos$=ed e'_*xile&+ is $&in?t)=,errupted by,  Cora, an uninhibit)_ed y%o@ung)"/ woman on her own jour;[ney of self-di>*:sc overy. The Age of Consen$ t (1969),-/ ]i(]^s Powell's final(` ?',film, cent&er/' ^s %
o&n J! ames Mason )as a d
i-senc,hant+%ed p#_<a/=inter[: who finds a [ /n\]!ew ?:m^?use in ,!a tropica= l island model (a ra'[>diant* an&,d sen.sual, _&often nude H#elen* M\$irren,# in: her first movie-$ - role).