Top billed cast

1. 

   David Benton

   Ed Tumbury

2. 

   Ann Burriman

   Gwen Gilbert

3. 

   Alan Brown

   neighbour

4. 

   Sean Callinan

   Jim Newbury

5. 

   Paul Chubb

   Jim Simpson

6. 

   Sue Collie

   Angela Elliott

7. 

   Yves Stening

   Shaun

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Reviews

A review by CRCulver

Written by CRCulver on 2018-09-01

This short is one of Jane Campion's student films, made in 1983 during her time at Sydney's Australian Film and Television School. She directs a script written by Gerard Lee consist of ten short vignettes on embarrassing or awkward little moments that happen to everyone at some time or another, but which we seldom think about: a man stretching his arm out accidentally makes his neighbour think that he's waving to him, and thus instigates an awkward interaction between two men who have never even spoken before; a boy who has just bought green beans from the shop imagines that they will explode ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• woman director
• short film