This overwrought Australian drama concerns a mute girl who learns to communicate through song.
Traumatised by witnessing the fatal electrocution of her rock star father (Nick Barker) onstage during a severe downpour, eight-year-old Amy Enker (Alana De Roma in her acting debut) becomes psychologically deaf and selectively mute and barely responds to her emotionally shipwrecked mother, Tanya (Rachel Griffiths).
It takes down-and-out, eccentric songwriting neighbour Robert (Ben Mendelsohn) to bring both of them out of their misery.
As expected, everyone learns the true meaning of friendship, including a wife-beating alcoholic who’s pummeled in an alley by two greaseball punks. The only redeeming moment is when a policeman sings about how much he loves eating hamburgers.
Avoid at all costs, unless you’re inspired by watching anguished people fall to their knees and weep in the rain.
Amy Enker
Alana De Roma Tanya Rammus
Rachel Griffiths Robert Buchanan
Ben Mendelsohn Will Enker
Nick Barker Sarah Trendle
Kerry Armstrong Zac Trendle
Jeremy Trigatti Bill Trendle
William Zappa Luke Lassiter
Torquil Neilson Wayne Lassiter
Sullivan Stapleton Mrs Mullins
Mary Ward Anny Buchanan
Susie Porter Dr Urquhart
Frank Gallacher Brian Cosgrove
Malcolm Kennard Susan Hammett
Jan Friedl Maurice Reitman
Jeremy Kewley Franco Rammus
Osvaldo Maione Country Doctor
Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell Wax Stevens
Kim Gyngell Alex
Leon Teague Leon
Steve Brown Eddie
Paul Cecchinelli Mike Cialino
Dino Marnika Greg Barton
Marco Chiappi Brad Duffy
Robert Meldrum Manny Cortex
Adriano Cortese Jeanette Chandler
Victoria Eagger Amy (4 years old)
Melissa Wright Snr Sgt Thurgood
Dennis Coard PC Franklin
Grant Piro PC Jamieson
Cristin Daniel Dr Pascoe
Tim Robertson
Director
Nadia Tass
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