The Rage in Placid Lake

The Rage in Placid Lake (DVD) (*)

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

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Tony McNamara

Written By:
Tony McNamara

Actors:
Jordan Brooking ..... Young Placid
Miranda Richardson ..... Sylvia Lake
Lucas Fraccaro ..... Bull (5 years old)
Cruise Moylan ..... Angus (5 years old)
Zan Cross ..... Lachie (5 years old)
Garry McDonald ..... Doug Lake
Eleeza Hooker ..... Young Gemma
Ben Lee ..... Placid Lake
Rose Byrne ..... Gemma Taylor
Jesse Spence ..... Jenny
Simone Cullinan ..... Sharon
Socratis Otto ..... Bozo
Toby Schmitz ..... Bull
Nathaniel Dean ..... Lachie
Stephen James King ..... Angus

Synopsis:

Australian playwright Tony McNamara makes his directorial debut with the offbeat comedy The Rage in Placid Lake, adapted from his own play The Cafe Latte Kid. In his first feature film, indie rocker Benny Lee stars as a troubled teen named Placid Lake. The child of new-agey eccentric parents (Garry McDonald and Miranda Richardson), Placid spends his childhood getting picked on by bullies. Fortunately, he finds friendship with classmate Gemma Taylor (Rose Byrne), whose father (Nicholas Hammond) pressures her to excel in school. After Placid shocks the school with his dark student film, he gets into an accident that lands him in the hospital. Upon his recovery, he reinvents himself as an conservative insurance agent and engages in an affair of sorts with emotionally detached co-worker Jane (Saskia Smith). The Rage in Placid Lake was screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Placid Lake (Ben Lee) has always been different. His crayon eating scientific genius of a best friend, Gemma (Rose Byrne), also has a few issues with blending in'. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job. Soon he's embracing conformity on the fast track to corporate success. But can Placid finally retire his rage in the pursuit of normalcy? Or will his plan backfire?

Precocious, bohemian teenager Placid Lake, finishes high school and decides to do the one thing that will annoy his new age parents the most--go straight! With a few weeks spent reading a library of self-help manuals, Placid has it all sorted out--and he has the haircut and the cheap suit to prove it. Can Placid Lake retire his rage in the pursuit of beige; embrace conformity and leap on the fast track to corporate success. Will his 'brainiac' friend Gemma be able to talk him out of this economic rationalist madness? And will poor Doug and Sylvia survive the ignominy of having a son with a burgeoning future in insurance? Never underestimate the evil of banality.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 16 December, 2005.

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