Directed by:
Ann TurnerScreenplay:
Ann TurnerCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Chris NealCast:
Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Victoria Longley, Adrian Mitchell, Deborra-Lee Furness, Phillip Holder, Alex Menglet, Reg Evans, David Hoflin, William ZappaVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Set in mid 1950s Australia, with the fear of communism in the air, Ann Turner's refreshingly unsentimental debut feature depicts a long hot summer seen through the eyes and over-active imagination of nine-year-old Celia. Shaken by the death of her beloved Grandmother, Celia finds herself adrift between the cruel games and rituals of childhood and the incomprehensible world of grown-ups. With monstrous creatures stalking her dreams by night, those imagined terrors blur by day with the banal brutality of the adult world and lead to tragic and shocking consequences. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Rebecca Smart
Australia
Best movies:
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Celia (1989)
Blackrock (1997)
Nicholas Eadie
Australia
Best movies:
Celia (1989)
The Untamed (1988)
Halifax f.p. (1994) (series)
Victoria Longley
Australia
Best movies:
Celia (1989)
Adrian Mitchell
UK
Best movies:
Celia (1989)
Deborra-Lee Furness
Australia
Best movies:
Voyager (1991)
Newsies (1992)
Angel Baby (1995)
Phillip Holder
Best movies:
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Celia (1989)
Childhood's End (2015) (series)
Alex Menglet
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
He Died with a Felafel In His Hand (2001)
Children of the Revolution (1996)
Reg Evans
UK
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
Gallipoli (1981)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
David Hoflin
Sweden
Best movies:
Swimming Upstream (2003)
The Peripheral (2022) (series)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
William Zappa
UK
Best movies:
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away (2011) (TV movie)
The Rage In Placid Lake (2003)