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Wild Dances

Country: Australia, Language: English, 14mins

  • Director: Bina Bhattacharya
  • Writer: Bina Bhattacharya
  • Producer: Bina Bhattacharya; Ev Moore

CGiii Comment

What could have been a funny little film...isn't.

The 'acting' really does let it down. Good camera-work though!


Watch...

Wild Dances from Bina Bhattacharya on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

In a small rural Australian town in 2004, two teenage outcasts come into conflict with their families on the night Ruslana wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine. 17-year-old Todd faces awkward and unsubtle probing from his family about his sexuality, specifically whether or not he will take a girl to the upcoming school dance. Across town, Lesia Lysenko, the only girl from an immigrant family at Todd's conservative, Catholic High School, clashes with her strict, Ukrainian father, who insists that Lesia take her younger brother to chaperone her to that same school dance. As Lesia experiments with a newfound sense of rebellion, Todd is asked out by a clueless, smitten girl with a pet hate of pop music. He practises the dance moves from Ruslana's song in his family's tool shed and hatches a secret plan to get the song played at the disco. The film moves towards its fabulous, genuinely heartwarming climax as Lesia and Todd learn that life begins when you dance to your own beat.

Cast & Characters

Lukian Adams as Alex;
Claire Appleby as Kara;
Edward Brooks as Hamish;
Richard Cotter as Graham;
Macayla Eberhard as Bad Girl;
Roz Hall as Linda;
Nik Matiouk as Andriy;
Liam Megarrity as DJ;
Oksana Nesterenko as Marichka;
Lachlan Parry as Todd;
Samantha Skelton as Emily;
Jackson Williams as Flatheaded Rugby Type;
Olga Zhyla as Lesia