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  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Aeon Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Aeon Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Spirited 14-year-old Chakra works the rice fields with his family. He yearns for independence and seeks out a local broker who can get him paid work in a Thai factory. Without telling his family, Chakra travels to Bangkok to make his fortune. But when he gets there, he and his new friend Kea realize the broker has lied to them. Along wit...

Written By: Rodd Rathjen

  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Aeon Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Aeon Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Buoyancy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Spirited 14-year-old Chakra works the rice fields with his family. He yearns for independence and seeks out a local broker who can get him paid work in a Thai factory. Without telling his family, Chakra travels to Bangkok to make his fortune. But when he gets there, he and his new friend Kea realize the broker has lied to them. Along wit...

Written By: Rodd Rathjen

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90
Sep 13, 2020
A grueling affair, purposefully so, bringing to mind Steve McQueen’s similarly relentless 12 Years a Slave. There’s not much respite to be found in those bloodied waters, nary a buoy to grasp.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
90
Sep 10, 2020
There is evil and it helps keep the world running, our clothes and food coming. This is the greatest, most difficult, most unspeakable violence laid bare in Rathjen’s measured, insistently political movie.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 10, 2020
Diving deep into dark material yet always remaining afloat, it’s a potent feature debut from Australian filmmaker Rodd Rathjen.
By Sarah Ward FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 10, 2020
The detail, the worn-out wooden boat that is the main location, is perfect. And the calming effect of the sea is utterly spoiled by the tension that’s always there. Daily routine aside, every encounter with the pitiless crew is fraught with peril, and the violence when it comes — is shocking, primitive and sadistic.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 8, 2020
It grows thrilling to watch. Rathjen’s careful script and intensive eye for environmental details deliver all of this to us with a steady rhythm.
By K. Austin Collins FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 10, 2020
In doing justice to the stories of thousands, Rathjen has somewhat undersold the personal story of its single protagonist.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
63
The film never quite pushes beyond the archetypal nature of its scenario to fully unearth its characters’ psychological turmoil.
By Derek Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Causeway Films, Echo Studio, Feracious Entertainment, Screen Australia, MIFF Premiere Fund, Film Victoria, Definition Films, Anupheap Productions
Release Date Sep 11, 2020
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/buoyancythefilm/
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Awards

Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 5 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 4 Nominations

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