Compo is a comedy set in a government unemployment-compensation office.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes paperwork against humanity.
Acting
Bruce Kerr's simmering desperation as David Bartlett.
Director
Nigel Buesst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in pre-gentrification Fitzroy, Melbourne — the location is now unaffordable to the characters it depicts.
Director Nigel Buesst funded this through the Australian Film Institute after his documentary career stalled; cast largely non-professionals from actual dole queues.
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