Summaries

A stammering writer reaches out to an industry mentor, with the encouragement of his profoundly deaf partner, only to be betrayed by the mentor and forced to find his own resilience. This was the first feature film to showcase Auslan.

In the first Australian feature film to showcase Auslan (Australian sign language), writer/director Davo Hardy, plays a sensitive writer named Reuben, who grapples with a speech impediment as his profoundly deaf boyfriend Derek (played by Joshua Sealy), provides strategies to restore his confidence. Upon finding the courage to submit an autobiographical screenplay to his favorite actor (played by Paul Mercurio), this new industry mentor betrays Reuben and claims the ideas as his own. Reuben must use his new-found assertion to proactively find catharsis and personal justice.—IMDb

Details

Keywords
  • sign language
  • deaf
  • stutter
  • auslan
  • australian sign language
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Sep 27, 2017
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Australia
Language English Australian Sign Language
Filming locations Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Production companies Davo Hardy Productions Frederick International Dark Room Productions

Box office

Budget $500000

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 14m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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