In Australian vernacular, a larrikin is a mischievous prankster, a loud, uncultured, badly behaved young person given to flouting convention. At 70, Paddy Moriarty hardly qualified as young, but in every other way he epitomized that national archetype, merrily stoking friction among residents of the Podunk town that gives Last Stop Larrimah its title. Even Paddy’s kelpie was a troublemaker. The disappearance of both man and mutt in December 2017 from the middle-of-nowhere Northern Territory burg, population 11, put Larrimah in the news cycle as investigative teams descended and discovered a tiny community rife with infighting.
American director Thomas Tancred makes his feature debut with this playful anatomy of a township scarcely big enough to be called that; of the unpolished eccentrics who live there; and the shadow that remains over Larrimah with the cold case of Irish émigré Moriarty. The film’s subtitle is An Outback Tale in 5 Chapters, which implies a tighter,...
American director Thomas Tancred makes his feature debut with this playful anatomy of a township scarcely big enough to be called that; of the unpolished eccentrics who live there; and the shadow that remains over Larrimah with the cold case of Irish émigré Moriarty. The film’s subtitle is An Outback Tale in 5 Chapters, which implies a tighter,...
- 3/11/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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