LOOKING FOR GRACE 8th July 2016
Please note change of screening date due to Federal election The acclaimed new film from Sue Brooks,the multi award-winning director of Japanese Story and Road To Nhill , LOOKING FOR GRACE is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about chance, fate and the complexities of family life. When rebellious 16-year-old Grace (rising star Odessa Young) takes off, her exasperated mum and dad (the superb Radha Mitchell and Richard Roxburgh) enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth out to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her. On the journey, the two must confront the realities of their changing relationship to one another, and to their daughter… Wry, intriguing and poignant, Brooks’ unflinching reflection on the disruptive effects of both adolescence and middle-age boasts her trademark sense of character, acerbic humour and eye for the hypnotic rhythms of Australia’s regional landscapes. Innovatively structu...