Ex TV personality, Chris Masterman, becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community—an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both.
Acting
Lily Whiteley steals every scene; Corr's slow-burn warmth hits perfect
Cinematography
Red dirt and endless sky shot with genuine love, not tourism board polish
Costume
Corr's increasingly destroyed khakis tell their own story
Director
Kate Woods
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed on Arrernte country with local community consultation; Whiteley is herself a young Arrernte performer making her feature debut.
The 'kangaroo rescue' premise deliberately mirrors Australia's fraught history of Indigenous child removal—Charlie's agency in her own story is the film's quiet political core.
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