somersault

Somersault – 5/5


genre: drama/romance
director: Cate Shortland
year: 2006
length: 1hr. 46 min.
language: English
RT rating: 83%
my keywords: love, sexuality, promiscuity, rejection, family dysfunction, attachment

Aussie film about a teenage girl who escapes the troubles of home and encounters life on her own.

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Abbie Cornish again and i love her. great performances in this movie. i think this could have been total garbage had it been american-hollywood-commercialized like many of the teen "dramas" that are produced lately. it escapes that and is a very moving, somewhat realistic story of a girl who is lost and succombs to the rejection and harsh criticism of others while in search of love and fulfillment. a great, raw portrait of how one with such a void can translate a physically intimate relationship for true love and nourishment.

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