Looking for grace was led by an entirely female creative team but women account for only 15% of directors in australia. The intriguing radha mitchell profiled by brigid delaney for sunday life. Awardwinning australian filmmaker sue brooks japanese story writes and directs this tale about a runaway teen, her worried parents, and the detective hired to help. Online virtual community movie looking for grace whats on. Brooks latest film, looking for grace, sticks rigidly to this formula, ambling along in its own very unusual and casually charming way, before radically altering course with breakneck speed, wrongfooting the audience so horribly that its almost impossible to regain balance. Odessa young explores her character, with the arts guild video. Though not entirely effective as a conventional horror flick, grace is still a graphic, disturbing, and artful exploration of twisted maternal instinct. The movie morphs indiscriminately between teenage comingofage drama, comic marital melodrama, roadtrip, and. For looking for grace to receive selection in the inaugural competition alongside just 11 other features from around the world is a huge honour.
When rebellious 16yearold grace rising star odessa young takes off on her own, her exasperated parents radha mitchell and richard roxburgh enlist the help of a closetoretirement detective, and begin the long drive from perth to the west australian wheatbelt to try to find her. Looking for grace is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about chance, fate and. Looking for grace 2015 looking for grace 2015 user. A small, quirky film, it unfolds like a detective story that never builds up dramatic momentum.
Looking for grace is about how we make sense of the mess of our lives and what it all means. The longawaited new film from sue brooks, acclaimed and multi awardwinning director of japanese story and road to nhill, looking for grace is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about the complexities of family life. Looking for grace is a nice little australian film told in nonchronological order dealing with the different perspectives surrounding a runaway girl. Suggest a correction julia naughton associate editor, huffpost australia. This unpredictability is enjoyable, but its also alienating, preventing any fullscale connection with the characters and story as they fail to achieve real traction. Looking for grace became our focus but took another four years to fully finance. Australian film looking for grace to compete in toronto. Jan 26, 2016 her excellent new film looking for grace which opened, appropriately enough, on australia day is an unsettling dramatic comedy about the great australian weirdness. As the old saying goes, theres two sides to every story. Aug 17, 2015 sue brooks is the first australian woman director to have a film in official competition at venice film festival in 15 years. Per capita, australia must have more skilled cinematographers than any country in the world, and looking for grace thankfully has a terrific eye in katie milwright who gives the film a.
The short film was used to obtain funding for the feature version. Sue brooks on how she approached looking for graces aesthetic, what inspired her to make the film, and the lack of funding for femalehelmed films the seventhrow. The longawaited new film from sue brooks, the acclaimed and multi awardwinning director of japanese story and road to nhill, looking for grace is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story. Jan 25, 2016 brookss new film looking for grace, a nonlinear drama divided into chapters introduced by title card ie graces story and bruces story, feels like an attempt to rekindle. Innovatively structed to incrementally reveal each characters journey and secrets from numerous vantage points, and bodly shifting tones for each tale, looking for grace is a beautiful and. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd venice international film festival and in the inaugural platform section at the 2015 toronto international film festival. Looking for grace is a 2015 australian drama film directed by sue brooks. After a teenage girl named grace goes missing, her parents along with the help of an investigator seek to find her, while also juggling their own secrets and stories between them. With radha mitchell, richard roxburgh, odessa young, kenya pearson. Awardwinning australian filmmaker sue brooks japanese story writes and directs this tale about a runaway teen, her worried parents, and the detective hired to help where to watch looking for grace. She continues along that vein in looking for grace, which opens strongly, full of poignancy and promise, training its intimate gaze on the teenager of the title, who has run away from her family. Radha mitchell on her latest film looking for grace. New farm and fortitude valley, the main centres for brisbanes gay community, are both in her electorate and.
Grace premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival. The longawaited new film from sue brooks, looking for grace is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about the complexities of family life. The photography, by katie milwright, of the west australian landscape is superlative, from the eye. Innovatively structed to incrementally reveal each characters journey and secrets from numerous vantage points, and bodly shifting tones for each tale, looking for grace is a beautiful and unmistkably australian story that reminds that life is precious, and can change in the blink of an eye. It is based on the 2006 short film of the same name. How australias landscape sears into our movies and. Australian film looking for grace to compete in toronto and. The acclaimed new film from sue brooks, the multi awardwinning director of japanese story and road to nhill, looking for grace is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about the. Its an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about the complexities of family life and the disruptive effects of both adolescence and middleage. Looking for grace to compete in toronto if magazine.
If you have a bundaberg regional libraries card you are eligible to access free films via kanopy. Taken together, the tone of their individual stories is jarring. Looking for grace is yet another australian feature that makes a virtue out of vagueness. Looking for grace will also screen in the inaugural toronto film. Looking for grace official hd trailer 2016 youtube. Looking for grace official site palace films australia. Richard roxburgh back on big screen in sue brookss. The story is first told from the girls perspective before delving into her parents played by radha mitchell and richard roxburgh. When rebellious 16yearold grace odessa young takes off, her exasperated mum and dad radha mitchell and richard roxburgh enlist the help of a closetoretirement detective, and begin the long drive from perth out to the west australian. Starring richard roxburgh, radha mitchell and risingstar odessa young, looking for grace m is the longawaited new film from sue brooks japanese story. Looking for grace is the internationally acclaimed film by the makers of japanese story. Looking for grace stars richard roxburgh and radha mitchell as parents who set out across the western australian wheatbelt searching for their 16yearold daughter, played by odessa young who is also in the daughter who has run away from home with a friend, bussing across the landscape to see a favourite band. Palace films general manager nicolas whatson, who will release the film on australia day, said.
The grace is set in a historic building that has been lovingly restored in sydney cbd central business district. Sue brookss rural drama opens flying over the pastures of. Teenage runaway grace excellent newcomer odessa young is crossing outback western australia on a bus with her friend sappho kenya pearson. Created by multiaward winning director sue brooks japanese story, road to nhill, looking for grace is an intimate and funny, yet emotive story about the complexities of. Looking for grace is the tale of grace odessa young a teenage girl who goes missing in rural western australia, and of her anxious parents, denise and dan radha mitchell and richard roxburgh. Australian film looking for grace to compete in toronto and venice film festivals sue brooks is the first australian woman director to have a film in official competition at venice film festival. Together with lizzette atkins we took looking for grace and two more projects to cannes film festival to seek partners and finance. The longawaited new film from sue brooks, the acclaimed and multi awardwinning director of japanese story and road to nhill, looking for grace is. Created by multiaward winning director sue brooks japanese story, road to nhill, looking for grace is an intimate and funny, yet emotive story about the complexities of family life. Right from the getgo, looking for grace throws tonal consistency out the window, bouncing from broad comedy to serious drama at will, and not always seamlessly. Looking for grace quickly attracted a sales agent fortissimo and an australian distributor palace films. The characters are the most consistent things about looking for grace.
Will, a successful gay manhattan lawyer and grace, a straight, selfemployed interior decorator. Brookss new film looking for grace, a nonlinear drama divided into chapters introduced by title card ie graces story and bruces story, feels like an attempt to rekindle. When rebellious 16yearold grace takes off on her own, her exasperated parents enlist the help of a closetoretirement detective, and begin the long drive from perth to the west australian wheatbelt to try to find her. Though not entirely effective as a conventional horror flick, grace is. I think we are losing out, as audiences, on a subtlety in communication. Sue brooks is an australian filmmaker with a distinctive view of the world. Find where to watch looking for grace in australia.
However, looking for grace takes this a few steps further by describing the journey of one australian family from five different perspectives. An offbeat road movie filled with surprises and revelations. Online virtual community movie looking for grace whats. Aug, 2015 looking for grace to compete in toronto august, 2015 by don groves sue brooks looking for grace will screen in platform, a new competitive section of the toronto international film festival which showcases films that have a strong directorial vision. If you yearn for an evocative, intriguing local film to see on australia day, this one will not disappoint. Jan 22, 2016 looking for grace was led by an entirely female creative team but women account for only 15% of directors in australia. Looking for grace the title is doubleedged is an impeccably packaged australian film. Created by multiaward winning director sue brooks japanese story, road to nhil l, looking for grace is an intimate and funny, yet emotive story about the complexities of family life. Jan 27, 2016 looking for grace is the tale of grace odessa young a teenage girl who goes missing in rural western australia, and of her anxious parents, denise and dan radha mitchell and richard roxburgh. Looking for grace movie tickets looking for grace movie tickets. Looking for grace director sue brooks on gender diversity in. While were temporarily deprived of films on the big screen, australia is lucky to have more streaming services available than ever. Overview of looking for grace, 2015, directed by sue brooks, with richard roxburgh, odessa young, julia blake, at turner classic movies.
Michael matheson stephen park and his pregnant wife madeline jordan ladd are involved in a car accident. Ultimately, the plot and the film really dont hang together, and combined with some woeful over acting, it is hard to get too excited about this movie. Grace was a notable supporter of the alp governments decision to legislate civil partnerships for homosexual couples in queensland. Looking for grace 2015 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Close to the sydney harbor bridge and sydney opera house, the grace hotel offers luxury rooms and a rooftop fitness center with an indoor swimming pool and a sauna. Jun 21, 2016 the longawaited new film from sue brooks, looking for grace is an intimate, funny and profoundly moving story about the complexities of family life. Grace is a 2009 horror film written and directed by paul solet. How australias landscape sears into our movies and inspires. They all overlap, occupying a comparative mental, social, cultural space within the same world. When rebellious 16yearold grace odessa young takes off, her exasperated mum and dad radha mitchell and richard roxburgh enlist the help of a closetoretirement detective, and begin the long drive from perth out to the. Looking for grace director sue brooks on gender diversity. Sue brooks is the first australian woman director to have a film in official competition at venice film festival in 15 years. Jan 17, 2016 the characters are the most consistent things about looking for grace.
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