Goodchild, a young writer, lands back home in Sydney direct from Paris, to attend his ex-girlfriend's funeral 'The Dead Girl'. At the airport he is sped away to a motel party by his best friend 'Cash' where he encounters 'The Beautiful Financial Backer', who works in advertising. At the wake, she commissions Goodchild to write 'The Love Enterprise' for her agency. A relationship develops. Soon, his past and present collide and Goodchild is cast on an existential journey through the hot Australian summer. Haunted by the twin ghosts of love and death Goodchild is pushed to his limit and to the edge of everything else.
Acting
Toby Schmitz's sweaty, desperate everyman energy
Cinematography
Sydney summer as oppressive character, not backdrop
Sound
Indie score that understands emotional avoidance
Director
Alex Munt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Alex Munt shot this in 12 days for roughly $15,000 AUD, explaining the fever-dream compression.
Released when 'mumblecore' was peaking internationally, LBF grafts American indie sensibility onto specifically Australian masculine emotional constipation—the 'mateship' culture that can't say 'I feel'.
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