Synopsis
The jaded detective Travis Hurley arrives in a small town in order to investigate the 20-year-old disappearance of the aboriginal girl Charlotte. The local inhabitants are initially skeptical of the white newcomer, but his stoic nature soon gets them to reveal old secrets and open up their hearts. This desert noir set in the bleak beauty of Australia’s opal fields explores the dark shadows of a long-ago crime and gives voice to those living on the segregated margins of Australian society. It is an atmospheric film that injects into its viewers’ veins just the right mixture of desperation and hope, with the seasoned Mentalist Simon Baker exceling as an unexpected fixer of human destinies.
Vojtěch Kočárník
About the film
104 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Ivan Sen
/ Screenplay Ivan Sen
/ Dir. of Photography Ivan Sen
/ Music Ivan Sen
/ Sound Thom Kellar
/ Editor Ivan Sen
/ Art Director Adam Head
/ Producer David Jowsey, Rachel Higgins, Greer Simpkin, Ivan Sen
/ Production Bunya Productions
/ Cast Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope
/ Sales Dark Matter
About the director
Ivan Sen (1972, Nambour, Australia). Selected filmography: Wind (1999, short), Beneath Clouds (2002), Toomelah (2011), Mystery Road (2013), Goldstone (2016), Loveland (2022), Limbo (2023).
Contacts
Dark Matter
181 Regent Street, Redfern, NSW 2016, Sydney
Australia
E-mail: david.jowsey@bunyaproductions.com.au
