Little Fish

"The past is right here"

Sep 8 2005 R 1h 54m
Crime, Drama, Romance

Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

Plot

In Sydney, Tracey Heart is a thirty-two years old manager of a video shop, an ex-heroin addict whose been clean for four years. She is trying to raise $40,000 to buy a shop for computer games next door to the rental and to become partner of her boss; but based on her negative records, the banks deny the loan. Tracey takes care of her junkie stepfather Lionel Dawson, unsuccessfully trying to make him quit his heroin habit. When her former boyfriend Jonny returns from Vancouver, Tracey's mother Janelle fears a fall for Tracey, while she blames Jonny for the car accident where her son Ray lost a leg. When Ray and Jonny associate with Moss, the assistant of the retired criminal boss Bradley 'The Jockey' Thompson, in drug dealing, Tracey is convinced by Jonny to join them and raise the necessary money for her business during the weekend.

Written by

Jacquelin Perske

Directed by

Rowan Woods

Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

Dirty Films, Porchlight Films

Languages

English

Awards

12 wins & 23 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
9,418
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
77
Popularity
NA