Dancing Daze is a 1986 Australian mini series about two sisters from Wagga Wagga who leave their family pig farm to make it as dancers in the big city.
^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p186
, 1h59 Directed byJane Campion OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller ThemesFilms about writers, Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films, Erotic thriller films ActorsMeg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Damici, Kevin Bacon, Patrice O'Neal Rating53% High school teacher and writer Frannie Avery meets a student at a local bar, and when she heads to the bathroom sees a woman performing oral sex on a man. A few days later, Detective Giovanni Malloy questions her as he investigates the gruesome murder of a young woman, whose severed limb was found in her garden. They flirt despite the grisly nature of their introduction, and meet at the same bar later. Frannie is alternately thrilled and frightened by the detective's sexual aggressiveness, even as she grows more disillusioned with the attitudes and crude behavior of other men, including the detective's partner, Richard Rodriguez. Even as Malloy defends his partner, who can no longer carry a gun because he threatened his unfaithful wife, he promises he will do anything she wants except hit her. She leaves abruptly and is assaulted walking home, but calls Malloy and their affair begins that night.
, 1h37 Directed byJane Campion OriginAustralie GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesFeminist films, Political films ActorsPaul Livingston Rating66% The film focuses on Kay's relationships with her boyfriend Louis, her parents and her emotionally unhealthy sister, Sweetie. Kay is quiet and superstitious, loving Louis because of the words of a fortune teller and experiencing deep foreboding towards a tree he attempted to plant in their yard. Sweetie, from Kay's perspective, is selfish in her severe mental illness. Kay's father chooses to ignore most of the erratic, childish behavior (though she has been hospitalized before) because he loves her as a little girl. Throughout, there are flashbacks of Sweetie dancing, singing and performing small, circus-like tricks with his assistance; he wants the family to remain close and dislikes when Kay acts enraged with Sweetie. The mother admits he indulges her. Louis, however, has found some freedom from his increasingly disconnected relationship with Kay because Sweetie lives uninhibited, with vigor and emotion (though extreme).
, 13minutes Directed byJane Campion OriginAustralie GenresDrama ActorsPaul Chubb, Keith Smith Rating68% Dix histoires de voisinage.
« Il y a un million de ces moments dans votre voisinage ; chacun a une présence fragile qui s'évanouit presque aussitôt qu'elle s'est formée. »
, 9minutes Directed byJane Campion OriginAustralie GenresDrama, Comedy Rating61% Un père, sa sœur et son fils, en voyage, s'arrêtent au bord de la route pour une histoire d'épluchure (peel en anglais).