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  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Hester (Rabe) brings a young woman, Katherine (Otto) in to live with her and her father and to help with chores on their farm in the Australian Outback. The two women form an atypical relationship as one is older and more conservative while the other is younger and energetic. They must come to terms after a tragic night on the town put...

Directed By: Samantha Lang

Written By: Laura Jones, Elizabeth Jolley

  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 41 m

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Metascore Generally Favorable
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Summary Hester (Rabe) brings a young woman, Katherine (Otto) in to live with her and her father and to help with chores on their farm in the Australian Outback. The two women form an atypical relationship as one is older and more conservative while the other is younger and energetic. They must come to terms after a tragic night on the town put...

Directed By: Samantha Lang

Written By: Laura Jones, Elizabeth Jolley

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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80
With a neck-snapping jolt, turns into the scariest exercise in cinematic sleight of hand since "The Blair Witch Project."
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
70
A grim and deliciously twisted Gothic chiller from the dark side of sunny Down Under.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
63
A heartfelt, beautifully acted film that suffers from its similarity to countless other movies.
By Hannah Brown FULL REVIEW
60
Still most easily defined by its unavoidable parallels to any number of lesbian-overtone psychodramas.
By Dennis Lim FULL REVIEW

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Production Company New South Wales Film & Television Office, Southern Star Xanadu
Release Date May 19, 2000
Duration 1 h 41 m
Genres
Tagline Love. Death. Deception.
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Awards

Australian Film Institute
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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