SWEET AS

➤ Thu 19/09/2024, 19:00, Edison Filmhub

Drama / Family
Australia, 2022, 87 min

Directed by: Jub Clerc
Screenplay: Jub Clerc, Steve Rodgers
Director of Photography: Katie Milwright
Edited by: Katie Flaxman
Cast: Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Mark Coles Smith, Tasma Walton, Carlos Sanson Jr.

Indigenous teenager Muura’s life with her alcoholic mother is lonely, boring and miserable. It all becomes too much one day and she goes to live with her uncle. He doesn’t want Muura to become another welfare case and signs her up for a photo trip to the Australian outback with other troubled teenagers. An unusual road movie not only because of the breathtaking Australian outback but also because of its modern, fresh look at friendship, first love, courage and responsibility. It is also the feature film debut of Aboriginal director Jub Clerc, inspired by her own desire to become a filmmaker.