Careless Love (2012)

CARELESS LOVE tells the story of Linh, a Vietnamese Australian university student who secretly starts part-time work as an escort. She develops a close rapport with one of her clients, an ... See full summary »

Director:

John Duigan

Writer:

John Duigan

Stars:

Nammi Le, Peter O'Brien, Andrew Hazzard

Cast

Credited cast:
Nammi Le	...	Linh
Peter O'Brien	...	Luke
Andrew Hazzard	...	Jack
David Field	...	Dion
Ivy Mak	...	Mint
Penny McNamee	...	Carol
Hugo Johnstone-Burt	...	Seb
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chrissie Antoniadis	...	University Student
Sara Bailey	...	Uni lecture
Sara Bailey	...	Uni Lecture
Adam Dunn	...	Jason
Eamon Farren	...	Patrick
Melanie Firbank	...	Buckingham
Yolandi Franken	...	Uni student
Simon Garratt	...	Joe

Storyline

CARELESS LOVE tells the story of Linh, a Vietnamese Australian university student who secretly starts part-time work as an escort. She develops a close rapport with one of her clients, an enigmatic American art dealer, who books her on a regular basis. For a time she manages to keep her two lives in separate compartments. But when she falls for a fellow student her worlds collide and things get complicated.

---

Taglines:

sometimes you have to be two different people

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2012 (Australia)

Filming Locations:

Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Luminous Pictures, Spirited Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

OFFICIAL SELECTION (In Competition): 14th Edition Festival des Antipodes St. Tropez 2012

User Reviews

HK Neo Reviews: Careless Love (2012) - Australia

This is a great film and that's not an understatement. In fact, it is one of the finest Australian films in ages. That's not exactly saying a lot, but it is a tremendous achievement for the local film industry. With the much missed director/writer John Duigan on board "Careless Love" is deep, thoughtful, well-shot, possesses excellent cinematography and filled with heart-felt performances all-round.

With all honesty, newcomer Nammi Le is a wonderful new talent. Le in the leading role of a prostitute paying her way through university is able to captivate the audience attention from the get-go. The manner in which she approached an extremely difficult character that is trying hard to conquer her own demons of having a double life and drawing a line between love, family and sex is nothing short of amazing to watch. Veteran Peter O'Brien ("X-Men Origins: Wolverine") stars as a customer who befriend Le, works extremely well in a paper-thin role and especially dialogue between the two adds some dimension to the movie. While Andrew Hazzard (from the local "Home and Away" TV series) is at home as the romantic interest, but offers nothing special. Others like Ivy Mak turns in an interesting supporting role as a fellow prostitute and her expressions in the scene when she is raped by an Aussie cop is nothing short of memorable.

All in all, "Careless Love" is a great Australian movie given its budget constraint and subject matter. What makes the film work is simply the exquisite performance from Nammi Le and credits to director John Duigan for delivering an engaging and touching situation that can happen almost anywhere in the world. While there are shortfalls when one look at the film in much clearer details, "Careless Love" remains one of the Australian films to beat for 2012… (Neo 2012)

Neo rates it 8/10

-www.thehkneo.com