Directed by:
Sarah WattScreenplay:
Sarah WattComposer:
Amanda BrownCast:
Justine Clarke, William McInnes, Sacha Horler, Carmel Johnson, Daniel Whyte, Andreas Sobik, Rocky Feo, Mary Kostakidis, Anthony Hayes, Craig Behenna (more)Plots(1)
Meryl (Justine Clarke), a lonely artist, literally envisions disaster around every corner. Through "bursts of painterly, jewel-toned animation," (The New York Times) Meryl's whimsically mordant daydream shark attacks, train wrecks and bridge collapses follow her everywhere. Nick (William McInnes) is a photojournalist whose work keeps him emotionally distanced from the tragedies he documents. When Meryl and Nick meet in the aftermath of a real train accident, their lives, and the lives of a handful of other witnesses and victims, are revealed and transformed. "Maybe the right thing happens," Meryl wonders aloud. Meryl and Nick's mutual attraction places them at the center of a brightly colored, multi-plotted human tapestry that "weaves together thoughts of death the way Crash wove together thoughts of racism." (Roger Ebert) As ripples of fate, coincidence, regret, and desire link stranger to stranger, everyone becomes a survivor. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Justine Clarke
Australia
Best movies:
Healing (2014)
Japanese Story (2003)
Blackrock (1997)
William McInnes
Australia
Best movies:
The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Look Both Ways (2005)
Sacha Horler
Australia
Best movies:
The Dressmaker (2015)
Peter Rabbit (2018)
Blackrock (1997)
Carmel Johnson
Australia
Best movies:
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Daniel Whyte
Best movies:
Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here (2011) (TV movie)
2:37 (2006)
Look Both Ways (2005)
Andreas Sobik
Best movies:
Red Dog (2011)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Rocky Feo
Best movies:
Look Both Ways (2005)
Mary Kostakidis
Best movies:
Look Both Ways (2005)
Jindabyne (2006)
Anthony Hayes
Australia
Best movies:
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Craig Behenna
Australia
Best movies:
Charlie's Country (2013)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015) (series)
Look Both Ways (2005)
Alirio Zavarce
Best movies:
Storm Boy (2019)
Look Both Ways (2005)
A Sunburnt Christmas (2020)
Anna Lindner
Best movies:
Look Both Ways (2005)
Elephant Tales (2006)
Maggie Dence
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Look Both Ways (2005)