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Plot

Television commercial director Christine Jeffs makes her feature debut with this intense family drama about the collapse of a marriage and the dissolution of a mother-daughter relationship. Thirteen-year-old Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) and her younger brother Jim (Aaron Murphy) are largely left alone in their seaside bungalow as their parents try to piece their marriage back together. While Janey's mom Kate (Sarah Peirse) gets blind drunk, flirts with other men, and nurses hangovers, her father Ed recoils in disgust at his wife's dissolute behavior. The family's simmering tensions explode with the appearance of Cady, a rakish freelance photographer. While Kate immediately starts to flirt with the younger man, Janey herself is attracted to him, believing that he is her only ticket out of her dysfunctional family. Soon Kate and Janey find themselves locked in a desperate and despairing battle for Cady. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
MPAA Rating:
for some sexual content and nudity.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
92min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/26/2002
DVD Release Date:
02/11/2003
Distributor(s):
IDP Distribution
Director(s):
Christine Jeffs
Starring:
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki , Sarah Peirse , Marton Csokas , Alistair Browning
Themes:
Sibling Relationships,Infidelity,Innocence Lost,Crumbling Marriages,Sexual Awakening,Mothers and Daughters
Tone:
Deliberate,Downbeat,Melancholy,Reflective,Sexual,Understated,Bleak
Keywords:
alcoholism,beach-house,coming-of-age,extramarital-affair,photography,sibling,summer-vacation
Country of Origin:
USA - Limited (04-26-2002)
Language:
English