Conflicts of interest arise when a country couple are visited by a couple from the city.
Acting
Rebecca Gilling's brittle charm masking volcanic resentment.
Direction
Ruane turns a living room into a pressure cooker.
Writing
Dialogue so polite it draws blood.
Director
John Ruane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the Australian 'Ozploitation' adjacent scene, this short played festivals as a calling card for Ruane's feature career.
The feather scene required multiple takes and ruined several takes of adjacent dialogue — the actors' genuine sneezing was kept in.
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