Plot
Raimond Gaita (1946 - ) comes of age in Frogmore, Victoria in the early 1960s. His parents are immigrants: his Romanian father farms; his German mother, Christina, estranged from Romulus, is in Melbourne. Romulus is near despair when she takes up with the brother of his best friend, who suggests he send for a new wife from back home. For Rai, poverty, bruises, and the mysterious ways of adults compete with his longing for a stable home and his own incipient puberty. Love and madness lie in the same bed. As an old woman tells Rai, "Sometimes what you reckon and what you get ain't the same thing."
Written by
Nick Drake, Raimond Gaita
Directed by
Richard Roxburgh
Crew
Production Countries
Australia
Production Companies
Arenafilm, Madman Entertainment, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Australian Film Commission, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Film Victoria
Languages
Deutsch, English
Awards
10 wins & 23 nominations