Nicholas Cutler is a smart yet self-destructive, once famous novelist who is stuck teaching English to iPhone-addicted teenagers at a working class high school. After writing a trashy zombie story he recaptures the interest of publishers who are willing to give him a second chance as long as he can prove he has cleaned up his act. However, what could have been the best week of his life spirals into chaos and he's forced to finally put others ahead of his selfish dreams.
Acting
Alan Dukes makes narcissism almost sympathetic.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like real teachers swearing.
Director
Heath Davis
Alan Dukes
Nicholas Cutler
Susan Prior
Lee Issen
Rose Riley
Melanie Murphy
Airlie Dodds
Sarah Steward
Khan Chittenden
Adam
Jolene Anderson
Officer Hurley
Vanessa Buckley
Taylor
Pippa Grandison
Nadine Cutler
Steve Le Marquand
Brant
Nicholas Hope
Ken Cutler
Rhys Muldoon
Blake Woodriff
Tiriel Mora
The Principal
Toby Schmitz
Rob
Matilda Ridgway
Margot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Heath Davis based Cutler partly on his own experiences as a high school teacher in Western Sydney.
The film captures a specific 2019 moment when Australian indie cinema grappled with millennial nihilism and boomer regret simultaneously.
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