The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.
Director:
Ray Lawrence
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| Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Leon | |
| Rachael Blake | ... | Jane | |
| Kerry Armstrong | ... | Sonja | |
| Manu Bennett | ... | Steve (as Jon Bennett) | |
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Melissa Martinez | ... | Lisa |
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Owen McKenna | ... | Old Man in Pyjamas |
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Nicholas Cooper | ... | Sam |
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Marc Dwyer | ... | Dylan |
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Puven Pather | ... | Drug Dealer |
| Lionel Tozer | ... | Police Officer | |
| Glenn Suter | ... | Police Officer | |
| Leah Purcell | ... | Claudia | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Valerie | |
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Natasha Guthrie | ... | Young Girl |
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James Cullington | ... | Man at Book Launch |
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Trust. A dead body in bracken. A cop cheats on his unhappy wife who, in secret, sees a psychiatrist whose own marriage is corroded by grief: she thinks her husband is having an affair with a gay patient of hers. The cop's lover, Jane, is recently separated, and her neighbors - a couple with children - include a muscular unemployed man. Late one night, the doctor skids off a back road, finds a call box, and tries in vain to reach her husband. She sees headlights and flags down the driver. Later that night, Jane sees her neighbor park his truck and throw something into the lantana in a vacant lot. It's a woman's shoe. Unraveling the mystery lays bare five couples. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 March 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$66,701, 16 December 2001Gross USA:
$4,623,189Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$15,747,450Company Credits
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MBP (Germany), Jan Chapman Productions, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) See more »
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Sonja Zat: Really? Well, I don't. You know what's so easy, Leon? It's so easy to go out and find somebody. You know what's hard? What's hard is not to.
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Written by Adrian Van De Velde
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Licensed courtesy of Festival Music Publishing
Performed by Ego featuring Elizabeth Wei
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The first film to win all of the top six categories of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards: best picture, best director, best actress, best actor, best supporting actress, best supporting actor. It also won for best adapted screenplay. This record remained unbroken until all 13 AFI categories were swept by Somersault (2004). See more »Goofs
When Sonja and Leon are in bed, the crew is reflected in a large standing mirror. See more »Quotes
Leon Zat: [the morning after Leon admitted having an affair] I fucked up, all right? People fuck up.Sonja Zat: Really? Well, I don't. You know what's so easy, Leon? It's so easy to go out and find somebody. You know what's hard? What's hard is not to.
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This is one of those rarities, a movie which walks the tightrope between being a perfect drama and an absorbing mystery and does it spectacularly well. The first hour is dedicated to establishing the various characters like the cop, his wife, the woman he is fooling around with, her estranged husband, the neighbors of the women etc. The interplay between the characters and the different situations are very fascinating. The second half is about the disappearance of one of the characters and how the others interact and react. The acting is brilliant with Anthony Lapaglia surprisingly getting a meatier role and performing much better than Geoffrey Rush. The screenplay is simply fantastic. It is a travesty that this was not nominated for any of the major awards. perhaps it being from Australia was a reason. This is a must watch movie for buffs who love their drama with a touch of intrigue. 4 out of 5. Very well made movie.