2020
Madman Entertainment
1 h 51 m

2020
Madman Entertainment
1 h 51 m

Summary War photographer Daniel Fisher (Hugo Weaving) has returned home to the news of his wife’s pregnancy. Determined not to let fatherhood alter his way of life, he begins preparations for an upcoming exhibition and his next overseas assignment. However, as the birth of his child draws near he struggles to keep his rising anxiety hidden. Mea...

Drama

Directed By: Ben Lawrence

Written By: Beatrix Christian, Ben Lawrence

2020
Madman Entertainment
1 h 51 m

2020
Madman Entertainment
1 h 51 m

Hearts and Bones

Name: Hearts and Bones
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-11-20
Duration: 1 min 51 s
Rating: 71
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Andrew Luri, Hayley McElhinney, Bolude Watson, Alan Dukes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Ben Lawrence

Written By: Beatrix Christian, Ben Lawrence

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Variety

Nov 17, 2020

The intuitive selection of the four leads, and their complex, perceptive playing of the material, is a credit to Lawrence’s deft direction of both veteran and non-professional talent.

By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Nov 17, 2020

While the two leads are given every opportunity to impress, it’s the ensemble behind them who give proceedings heart and soul.

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Screen Daily

Nov 17, 2020

An intimate film tackling an expansive subject — the treatment of refugees around the globe, and the way the world processes the traumas that lead to such urgent, widespread immigration — this is a poignant and morally complex drama.

By Sarah Ward FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Nov 17, 2020

While the film has some heartfelt exchanges of kinship and empathy, however, it is also punctuated by moments of abject despair. This is crucial to a core message that moves beyond the healing power of art towards the entitlement those who make it possess and those who serve as their subjects don’t.

By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Hearts and Bones isn’t particularly graceful in the way it unfolds, and it doesn’t hide one man’s secret well enough or give the other’s the weight it seems to represent. But some very fine acting, a few poignant scenes and a general earnestness carry it off.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 17, 2020

Flirts with becoming a savage indictment of affluent do-gooderism, but finally swerves to land on a vision of fraternity that’s altogether more optimistic.

By Harry Windsor FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Nov 17, 2020

It is a human-oriented drama that builds a thoughtful and contemplative space, empathising with characters grappling with difficult circumstances outside the common experience. It is also the kind of drama you sometimes want to grab and shake to life.

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Production Company Night Kitchen Productions, Spectrum Films

Release Date Nov 20, 2020

Duration 1 h 51 m

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Awards

Film Club's The Lost Weekend

• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

• 3 Nominations

Casting Guild of Australia Awards

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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Dan Fisher

Andrew Luri

Sebastian Ahmed

Hayley McElhinney

Josie Avril

Bolude Watson

Anishka Ahmed

Alan Dukes

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Melanie De Ferranti

Claire Fisher

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