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  • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
  • Invite (The)
  • #TheTea
  • Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
  • Safe for the Whole Family: How to Make a Christian Superstar
  • Elsinore
  • Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie
  • Sunday Boyfriends
  • Will You Still Be My Friend
  • Negative
  • Refuge
  • Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
  • Until the Day Ends
  • Heir to Secrets
  • Wyld
  • Hygge
  • Run Me Wild
  • First They Came for My College
  • Oasis
  • Days with Blue
  • About an Intimate Matter
  • Between Two Lovers
  • Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava
  • Mermaid
  • Big Little Things
  • Black Church Bay
  • Camouflage
  • Dora
  • Eklipse
  • Girl Group
  • Give Me the Ball!
  • Leader (The)
  • Lesbian Lines
  • Lorca: Broken Voices
  • Love is Love
  • Marie Madeleine
  • Woman’s Life (A)
  • Nosotros
  • Queer Edward II
  • Safe Distance (A)

Big House (The)

Country: Australia, Language: English, 24 mins

  • Director: Rachel Ward
  • Writer: Rachel Ward
  • Producer: Bryan Brown

CGiii Comment

Obviously, Rachel Ward has never been in an all-male prison...liberties have been taken and a sensitivity has crept in...which works - to a certain extent.

The beginning is a bit scrappy...using the camera as the character. But, bear with it...things improve exponentially.

There's a great scene involving a newspaper. And, there's a killer line: he touched more than your prick.

With a bit more realism...less of the stereotypical vision of prison life...a rather worthy feature could have been gleaned from this. 


Watch...

The Big House from New Town Films on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Within the concrete confines of a life sentence, one man rediscovers his capacity for love.

Cast & Characters

Tony Martin as Williams;
Gary Sweet as Jacko;
Kick Gurry as Sonny;
Paul Pantano as Anthony;
Shay Lawrence as Prisoner