The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.
Cinematography
Sen shoots NSW highways like they're characters—harsh, beautiful, unforgiving.
Acting
Hall and Pitt: non-professionals who out-act most Oscar winners.
Direction
Sen's debut silence speaks louder than any dialogue could.
Director
Ivan Sen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Damian Pitt was literally on day release from prison when cast; his real-life sentence ended during post-production.
Sen filmed in his hometown of Inverell, casting locals—this is essentially a dramatized document of communities erased from Australian screen history.
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