Somersault Movie Review 2004

Troubled Heidi (Cornish) is a luscious, 16-year-old blonde testing her sexuality on her mother's boyfriend, which gets her kicked out of the house. She travels to the ski resort town of Jindabyne, where she casually trades sex for a place to stay. Eventually Heidi lands a job at a convenience store and persuades motel owner Irene (Curran) to rent her a room. She also finds sparks with 20-something Joe (Worthington), the son of a wealthy local farmer, but he's got problems too, and her neediness frightens him off. Debut feature for Shortland skimps on the character details but Cornish is a real heartbreaker.

Distribution

Magnolia Home Entertainment, 49 W. 27th St., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10001, Phone: (212)924-6701, Fax: (212)924-6742, Email: dvd@magpictures.com

Available on DVD
Running time 106 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sex & Sexuality

Screenplay

Cate Shortland

Cast

Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Leah Purcell, Nathaniel Dean, Abbie Cornish, Erik Thomson, Hollie Andrew, Olivia Pigeot, Blake Pittman

Cinematography

Robert Humpherys

Director

Cate Shortland

Other

Sam Petty, Scott Gray, Janie Parker, Emily Seresin, Melinda Doring

Producer

Anthony Anderson, Film Finance Corp, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Red Carpet Prods., Showtime Australia, Magnolia Pictures