Floodhouse
| Floodhouse | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Miro Bilbrough |
| Written by | Miro Bilbrough |
| Produced by | Peter Sainsbury |
| Starring | Victoria Thaine Robert Menzies Catherine McClements |
| Cinematography | Kim Batterham |
| Edited by | Andrew Macneil |
| Music by | Amanda Brown |
Release date |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Floodhouse is a 2003 Australian film written and directed by Miro Bilborough. It was broadcast nationally on SBS.
Floodhouse was filmed outside Kangaroo Valley starting March 2003.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]A teenage girl returns from her Grandmother's place in the city to live with her estranged parents in the country.
Cast
[edit]- Victoria Thaine as Mara
- Robert Menzies as Harry
- Catherine McClements as Ava
- Brendan Cowell as Herringbone John
Reception
[edit]Richard Kuipers wrote in Variety "“Floodhouse” charts the sensual awakening of a teenage girl in the most fecund of physical and emotional environments. Beautifully photographed, acutely observed and marked by a dazzling lead performance by Victoria Thaine, Miro Bilbrough’s short feature is an auspicious calling card."[2] The Sydney Morning Herald's Doug Anderson says "It's a deeply personal reflection in dark pools of memory but it works with admirable clarity."[3] Robert Fidgeon in the Herald Sun gave it a 4 star capsule review and called it a "stunner".[4]
Barbara Hooks of The Age said "Floodhouse purports to be a comedy romance. And I did titter once or twice, grasping at remotely funny lines like someone dying of thirst receives stray drops of water – gratefully. Bilbrough makes her point – e-vent-ually. But it's so subtle, and the story so uninteresting, that they may be lost – anyone with any sense will have switched over to Red Cap."[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Kilmeny, Adie (2 April 2003), "Peace in the valley brings best out in Floodhouse", Illawarra Mercury
- ↑ Kuipers, Richard (29 October 2003), "Floodhouse", Variety
- ↑ Anderson, Doug (31 October 2003), "Nothing but red dirt and blue sky . . . and a sense of the holy in a cathedral without walls - Entertainment", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ Fidgeon, Robert (29 October 2003), "TV EYE - Robert Fidgeon takes a critical look at what's on our screens this week", Herald Sun
- ↑ Hooks, Barbara (30 October 2003), "Previews", The Courier Mail
External links
[edit]- Floodhouse at IMDb