Beautiful Kate is one of those rare films that offer rather controversial and taboo subject matter while at the same time, remaining tasteful and classy. An Australian production based on Newton Thornburg’s novel of the same name, Beautiful Kate is an honest portrayal of dysfunctional family life.
The film opens with Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn), a man in his early 40s who is driving to see his ailing father played with much grumpiness by Bryan Brown. Along for the ride is Ned’s sexy and much younger fiancée, Toni (Maeve Dermody). They stay with Ned’s younger sister, Sally (Rachel Griffiths), at the Kendall family home located in a remote part of rural Australia. While they are there, Ben has flashbacks of when he was a teenager and the scandalous relationship he had with his twin sister, Kate, played by the lovely Sophie Lowe.
The majority of the film...
The film opens with Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn), a man in his early 40s who is driving to see his ailing father played with much grumpiness by Bryan Brown. Along for the ride is Ned’s sexy and much younger fiancée, Toni (Maeve Dermody). They stay with Ned’s younger sister, Sally (Rachel Griffiths), at the Kendall family home located in a remote part of rural Australia. While they are there, Ben has flashbacks of when he was a teenager and the scandalous relationship he had with his twin sister, Kate, played by the lovely Sophie Lowe.
The majority of the film...
- 1/3/2011
- by Randall Unger
- JustPressPlay.net
Start: 12/21/2010 Start: 12/21/2010
Actress-turned-director Rachel Ward directed this incest-laiden, provocative, dramatic Australian-outback tale.
Beautiful Kate is about a man named Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn), and his incestuous teenage relationship with his beautiful twin sister Kate (Sophie Lowe), and the mystery surrounding her death at age 16.
Synopsos: Told in parallel narratives of past and present, the film is set on a homestead in Wilpena Pound and follows adult Ned’s return home after an absence of twenty years. The impetus for his visit is that his father Bruce (Bryan Brown) is dying and has demanded his return. Along for the ride with Ned is his 21-year old fiancée, Toni (Maeve Dermody), a sexy waitress/wannabe actress who knows nothing about Ned’s family and is surprised to learn of the existence of his twin. When Toni stumbles upon Ned’s teen diary, which recounts the sibling’s struggles growing up in isolation,...
Actress-turned-director Rachel Ward directed this incest-laiden, provocative, dramatic Australian-outback tale.
Beautiful Kate is about a man named Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn), and his incestuous teenage relationship with his beautiful twin sister Kate (Sophie Lowe), and the mystery surrounding her death at age 16.
Synopsos: Told in parallel narratives of past and present, the film is set on a homestead in Wilpena Pound and follows adult Ned’s return home after an absence of twenty years. The impetus for his visit is that his father Bruce (Bryan Brown) is dying and has demanded his return. Along for the ride with Ned is his 21-year old fiancée, Toni (Maeve Dermody), a sexy waitress/wannabe actress who knows nothing about Ned’s family and is surprised to learn of the existence of his twin. When Toni stumbles upon Ned’s teen diary, which recounts the sibling’s struggles growing up in isolation,...
- 11/28/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
“Based on a 1982 novel by Newton Thornburg,” Rachel Ward’s “Beautiful Kate” “begins with forty-year-old Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn). At the behest of his dutiful sister Sally (Rachel Griffiths), Ned reluctantly returns to the isolated family homestead after a twenty-year absence because his cantankerous and bullying father, Bruce (Bryan Brown), is dying. Ned has dragged his twenty-one-year-old fiancée, Toni (Maeve Dermody), along to act as a lipstick-coated suit of armour and …...
- 9/9/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Thanks to QuietEarth for the news that Rachel Ward's first film in 6 years is Beautiful Kate, a mystery film starring Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under), Bryan Brown, Ben Mendelsohn and Sophie Lowe which will be released in Australia on August 20th, 2009!
A writer, Ned Kendall, is asked to return to the family home by his sister Sally, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. The family home is in a very remote and isolated area. While back home, Ned starts having memories of his beautiful twin sister and himself when they were children. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past. Watch the trailer...
Beautiful Kate trailer
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A writer, Ned Kendall, is asked to return to the family home by his sister Sally, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. The family home is in a very remote and isolated area. While back home, Ned starts having memories of his beautiful twin sister and himself when they were children. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past. Watch the trailer...
Beautiful Kate trailer
Average: Select ratingSuckySeen WorseDecentPretty good!Awesome Your rating: None Average: 4 (1 vote)...
- 6/11/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
In what looks like a beautifully shot family drama/mystery, Rachel Ward brings us her first feature in 6 years which includes a great collection of actors: Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under), Bryan Brown, Ben Mendelsohn and Sophie Lowe. Pic is about to bow at the Sydney Film Fest with a wide Australian release set for August 20th, 2009.
A writer, Ned Kendall, is asked to return to the family home by his sister Sally, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. The family home is in a very remote and isolated area. While back home, Ned starts having memories of his beautiful twin sister and himself when they were children. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.
Trailer after the break.
Official website...
A writer, Ned Kendall, is asked to return to the family home by his sister Sally, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. The family home is in a very remote and isolated area. While back home, Ned starts having memories of his beautiful twin sister and himself when they were children. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.
Trailer after the break.
Official website...
- 6/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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