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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Rowan Woods
Writer:
Jacquelin Perske (written by)
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Release Date:
8 September 2005 (Australia) more
Tagline:
The past is right here more
Plot:
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman (Blanchett) trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 22 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Just One Last Trade Before Moving To A Better Life more (57 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cate Blanchett ... Tracy

Sam Neill ... The Jockey

Hugo Weaving ... Lionel

Martin Henderson ... Ray
Noni Hazlehurst ... Janelle

Dustin Nguyen ... Jonny

Joel Tobeck ... Moss
Lisa McCune ... Laura
Susie Porter ... Jenny
Nina Liu ... Mai
Linda Cropper ... Denise
Daniella Farinacci ... Donna (as Daniela Farinacci)

Ferdinand Hoang ... Khiem
Anh Do ... Tran

Jason Chong ... Mingh
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, drug content and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
Australia:114 min | USA:114 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
Vietnamese | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
One of the characters was originally meant to have been gone for a few years in Hong Kong. However, after shooting, they realized that the actor had a slightly American accent, so changed all references to Hong Kong to Vancouver, Canada. more
Quotes:
Janelle: She's doing great. She opening her own shop.
Tracy Heart: Mum. I going into partnership with Min who I work for at the video shop. they're expanding into internet online gaming.
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Movie Connections:
Features "Farscape" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Chuyen Hoa Sim more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Just One Last Trade Before Moving To A Better Life, 20 April 2008
Author: Senyales from Fraggle Rock

As Cate Blanchett said herself, 'Little Fish' is about the people between the middle class and lower class, those who are struggling with their daily lives and are largely ignored. Perske's screenplay is good but it could have been a little tighter as the film does drag at some portions. Woods is good and he brings a certain realness (with the help of the actors) in portraying the complex relationships between the characters. All the main characters, most of them 'recovered' addicts and some returning addicts, try to seek a better life but there is just 'one last trade' that would 'get them to their goals'. Dustin Nguyen (in spite of an uneven accent), Martin Hendersen, Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving are all adequate in their parts and Noni Hazelhurst is wonderful. However, 'Little Fish' belongs to Cate Blanchett. One can see a Blanchett that's completely different from her Hollywood films (then again she's always different in each of her movies). A difficult part required an immensely talented actress and she just makes the task look easy. There's a frightening scene where Cate's Tracy is tempted to 'return' but then a magical scene follows where she walks into a choir rehearsal of a group of singing Vietnamese children and she is confused, conflicted and eventually comforted. This one profound scene was so brilliantly executed with the long shot camera, the innocent voices of the children as they sing the powerful words, and Cate asking repeatedly where the bathroom is while being confused, that the strength of it stays in mind long after the end credits have rolled.

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