GenresComedy ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsLeo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush, Ray Barrett, Barry Otto, Noah Taylor Rating61% The film portrays the Rudd family of 'Aussie battlers' in late 19th century colonial Australia; Dad and Mother Rudd, and their hardworking but somewhat gormless son Dave. They take up a selection of land and attempt to farm it. The difficulties of the life are portrayed, with its ups and downs, humour and frustrations.
, 1h52 Directed byRay Lawrence GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ActorsBarry Otto, Lynette Curran, Gia Carides, Kerry Walker, Bryan Marshall, Paul Chubb Rating67% Harry Joy, an advertising executive in an unnamed Australian city who is known for his ability to tell stories, has a terrifying near-death experience after suffering a massive heart attack, brought on by his dissolute lifestyle. Upon recovering, he believes himself to be either in a hellish version of the world he knew, or with his eyes opened to an altogether different view of that world. He eventually discovers that his wife is unfaithful, his dissolute daughter trades sex for hard drugs with his deviant son, and his latest client is a carcinogenic polluter.
, 1h33 Directed byPaul Cox GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsSheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood Rating71% Martha (Florance) is an elderly woman living alone in her flat and dying of cancer. Her love of life leads to an ambivalence about her age; her unique moral code leads to her playing cupid for her friend and nurse Anna (Dobrowolska) and Anna’s married lover (Gray); her worrisome son (Haywood) wants her to move into a home; her neighbour Billy (Kaye) has dementia.