Directed by:
Christopher WeekesScreenplay:
Christopher WeekesComposer:
Brian CachiaCast:
Leeanna Walsman, Gary Sweet, Rhys Muldoon, Matthew Newton, Basia A'Hern, Noni Hazlehurst, Sam Haft, Andrea Moor, Steve Rodgers, Christopher Weekes (more)Plots(1)
Bitter & Twisted's elegy to unrealised dreams contemplates the dark currents flowing beneath suburban placidity. The Lombard family has been steadily disintegrating since the death of oldest son Liam three years before. The descent is slow and soft, manifesting itself in a personal crisis for each family member. Father Jordan is caught in a vicious cycle of depressed overeating, and his boss at the car dealership is threatening to fire him if he doesn't make a sale. Mother Penny harbours a hysterical false hope that she may be pregnant and suffers a rude awakening when she discovers that, on the contrary, she has started menopause. Ben is not sure if he is gay or straight, but he knows that he has very strong feelings for the girl across the cul-de-sac-his dead brother's ex-girlfriend-who also happens to be having a tragic affair with a married man. (Matchbox Films)
(more)Cast
Leeanna Walsman
Australia
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Blackrock (1997)
$9.99 (2008)
Gary Sweet
Australia
Best movies:
The Tracker (2002)
2:37 (2006)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Rhys Muldoon
Australia
Best movies:
Childhood's End (2015) (series)
The Sapphires (2012)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Matthew Newton
Australia
Best movies:
The Great Raid (2005)
My Mother Frank (2000)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Basia A'Hern
UK
Best movies:
Disappearance (2002) (TV movie)
Noni Hazlehurst
Australia
Best movies:
Truth (2015)
Candy (2006)
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Sam Haft
Best movies:
Peter Rabbit (2018)
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Andrea Moor
Australia
Best movies:
Elvis (2022)
The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Steve Rodgers
Best movies:
The Daughter (2015)
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Penne Hackforth-Jones
USA
Best movies:
Paradise Road (1997)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Mao's Last Dancer (2009)