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Somersault

Name: Somersault
Director: Cate Shortland
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2004
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Erik Thomson, Nathaniel Dean

Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.

2004 · Directed by Cate Shortland · 105 min · Drama · Romance · 8 frames

Tagline

Love can turn you upside down.

Crew

Screenplay: Cate Shortland
Cinematography: Robert Humphreys
Edited by: Scott Gray
Music: Tom Schutzinger, Pete Kelly, Kenny Davis Jr, Matt Fitzgerald
Production design: Melinda Doring
Produced by: Anthony Anderson

Cast

Abbie Cornish as Heidi
Sam Worthington as Joe
Lynette Curran as Irene
Erik Thomson as Richard
Nathaniel Dean as Stuart
Diana Glenn as Sally
Olivia Pigeot as Nicole
Damian de Montemas as Adam
Ben Tate as Sean
Hollie Andrew as Bianca

Production

Country: Australia, Netherlands
Language: English
Studios: Showtime Australia, Red Carpet Productions, Fortissimo Films, New South Wales Film & Television Office
Box office: $1,482,316
Themes: woman director, runaway teen, canberra, jindabyne

More by Cate Shortland

Lore — 2012
Berlin Syndrome — 2017

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