Love and Other Catastrophes

Love and Other Catastrophes (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
79 min

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Emma-Kate Croghan

Written By:
Stavros Kazantzidis (story)
Yael Bergman (screenplay) ...

Actors:
Matt Day ..... Michael
Matthew Dyktynski ..... Ari
Alice Garner ..... Alice
Frances O'Connor ..... Mia
Radha Mitchell ..... Danni
Suzi Dougherty ..... Savita
Kym Gyngell ..... Professor Leach
Suzanne Dowling ..... Dr. Russell
Torquil Neilson ..... Toby
Christine Stephen-Daly ..... Susan
Dominic McDonald ..... Zac
Alvin Chong ..... Alvin
Myles Collins ..... Myles
Antony Neate ..... Tony
Brigid Kelly ..... Brigid

Synopsis:

Australian college students struggle to deal with school, romance, and life in general in first-time director Emma-Kate Croghan's comedy. The film's focus falls on cinema studies major Mia (France O'Connor) and her roommate Alice (Alice Garner), both of whom find themselves in romantic flux. Alice is torn between the cocky Ari (Matthew Dyktynski) and the shy but loyal Michael (Matt Day), while Mia is in the midst of a messy break-up with her girlfriend Danni (Radha Mitchell). Further complicating Mia's life are her unfinished thesis (on the feminist implications of Doris Day films) and her struggles with the college administration, which provide the opportunity for gentle satire of academia and the frustrations of bureaucracy. The characters deal with their troubles through articulate, questioning dialogue, and Croghan punctuates the film with title screens featuring famous quotes and with attempts to liven up the relatively familiar story with occasional forays into art-film stylization. Most critics viewed the film as a promising debut, with likable characters and a charming romantic tone, if an inconsequential narrative.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 January, 2008.

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