Summaries

A woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

In Sydney, Tracey Heart is a thirty-two years old manager of a video shop, an ex-heroin addict whose been clean for four years. She is trying to raise $40,000 to buy a shop for computer games next door to the rental and to become partner of her boss; but based on her negative records, the banks deny the loan. Tracey takes care of her junkie stepfather Lionel Dawson, unsuccessfully trying to make him quit his heroin habit. When her former boyfriend Jonny returns from Vancouver, Tracey's mother Janelle fears a fall for Tracey, while she blames Jonny for the car accident where her son Ray lost a leg. When Ray and Jonny associate with Moss, the assistant of the retired criminal boss Bradley 'The Jockey' Thompson, in drug dealing, Tracey is convinced by Jonny to join them and raise the necessary money for her business during the weekend.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tracey Heart's past won't let her go. Aged 32, she's spent the past four years recovering from her heroin habit and redeeming herself in the eyes of her mother. Beset by the complex relationships within her family, her world is thrown into further turmoil by the unexpected return of her ex-boyfriend, Jonny.The criminal aspirations of her brother, Ray, and coping with the attempts of ex-footy star and junkie, Lionel Dawson to withdraw from his habit, almost prove too much. The complexity of deceit within Tracy's own life is mirrored by that within Sydney's drug underworld as Tracey becomes tangled with criminal boss Bradley 'The Jockey' Thompson. Tracey has to confront her own fears before she learns to love again.[email protected]

Details

Keywords
  • female rear nudity
  • pantyhose
  • watching tv
  • fish in title
  • motherhood
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Sep 7, 2005
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Australia
Language English Vietnamese
Filming locations Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies Porchlight Films Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) Mullis Capital Independent

Box office

Gross US & Canada $8148
Opening weekend US & Canada $6127
Gross worldwide $3248506

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 54m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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