Somersault Page #5

Synopsis: Coming of age: Heidi, 15, runs away from home after her mom sees her kissing mom's boyfriend. She goes to a Snowy River resort where a vague job offer doesn't pan out. She manages to find a place to live and a job at a convenience store. She's between childhood -- nursery rimes and a scrapbook of glittery unicorns - and adulthood - working, sorting out emotions and sexuality, and dealing with social slights and false charges of bad behavior. She's attractive and her loneliness makes her vulnerable. She sleeps with Joe, the son of local ranchers, and she awakens in him feelings he can't express. Is there any way she can put off adulthood and be a kid awhile longer?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Cate Shortland
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  41 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
2004
106 min
Website
595 Views


I'm close to you.

No, you're not.

Joe...

Just f*** off, alright?!

Just get the f*** awayfromthe car!

(Revs engine)

SOLEMN MUSIC:

(Pounds on glass)

(Pounds on glass)

I told you when I gave you this room

I didn't want any trouble.

Yeah, I know. I just...

You just what?

I'm sorry, Irene.

Oh, you're not sorry.

You'll be saying sorry till the cows

come home - that's your type.

It was an accident.

An accident?!

Walking around naked and drunk

at three o'clock in the morning -

that's an accident?

Yes.

You can pack your things and go.

I need the room back.

Why, is your son getting out ofjail?

(Gasps) What?

Is he getting out?

No.

He won't be getting out...

for a very long time.

He must've done something really bad,

then.

Yes, he did.

What?

What did he do?

He killed a man.

He walked into a 7-Eleven

and shot a young man in the stomach.

Is that what you wanted to know?

(Sniffs and sobs quietly)

(Sobs)

POIGNANT MUSIC:

(Hums)

BELL TINKLES:

I just wanted to say thank you

for everything.

That's alright.

Here's the key.

Yeah, thanks.

My mum's not dead.

What?!

(Tearfully) She's not dead.

I make stuff up,

and before I came here I did

something really, really bad.

I kissed my mum's boyfriend.

And she looked at me...

...she looked at me like

she didn't know who I was anymore.

I'm really sorry, Irene.

She knows you. She knows you.

I think we should ring your mum.

Hmm?

She wouldn't want to see me.

(Sighs) No matter what you've done,

love...

...your mum will want to see you.

Tell me the number.

What's your mum's first name?

Nicole.

It's, um...

BITTERSWEET MUSIC

Hi.

Can I come in?

You've packed up.

Yeah.

Where are you going?

Home.

My mum's coming.

That's good.

I think it's good that we met.

See you.

Heidi.

BITTERSWEET MUSIC

(Whispers) I missed you, sweetie.

(Starts engine)

SONG:
# I see your bright light

in there

# Like snow clouds

# Like snow clouds

#Across the valleys

# The snow falls

# Down

# Onto my skin

# In my heart

# In my heart

#You'll stay

# In my heart

# Yeah, yeah

# In my heart

#You'll stay

# In my heart

# In my heart

#All of the breath in me

# I keep you

# In my heart

Deep breath

#All of all the breath in me

# Tell me

# I keep you

# In my heart

# Now you will always be with me

# In my heart

# Now you will always be with me. #

WISPY MUSIC:

# La la la

# La la la

# La la la

# La la

ETHEREAL VOCAL MUSIC

Supertext Captions by

the Australian Caption Centre

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Cate Shortland

Cate Shortland (born 10 August 1968) is an Australian film and television writer and director. She is best known for her films Somersault, Lore and Berlin Syndrome. more…

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