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Shame (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Steve Jodrell

Written By:
Beverley Blankenship
Michael Brindley

Actors:
Bill McCluskey ..... Ross
Allison Taylor ..... Penny
Deborra-Lee Furness ..... Asta Cadell
Tony Barry ..... Tim Curtis
Simone Buchanan ..... Lizzie Curtis
Gillian Jones ..... Tina Farrel
Peter Aanensen ..... Sgt. Wal Cuddy
Margaret Ford ..... Norma Curtis
David Franklin ..... Danny Fiske
Phil Dean ..... Gary
Stig Wemyss ..... Bobby
Douglas Walker ..... Andrew
Matthew Quartermaine ..... Brian
Matt Hayden ..... Wayne
Warren Jones ..... Bruce

Synopsis:

Their town has a secret... Feisty Perth lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness, Jindabyne) survives a minor motorcycle accident whilst riding through the rugged Western Australian countryside and is transported to a small town with a dark past. Welcomed by garage owner Tim Curtis (Tony Barry, Australia) and invited to remain through her convalescence Asta encounters the backward nature of the town residents first-hand - appalled by the sexist taunts and misogyny that seems common place and acceptable to the community at large. Threatened herself by a gang of local miscreants Asta discovers that Tim's young daughter Lizzie (Simone Buchanan, My Brilliant Career) is the victim of a vicious gang-rape and decides to take a stand against the cruel and sinister status quo.

Feisty Perth lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness Jindabyne) survives a minor motorcycle accident whilst riding through therugged Western Australian countryside and is transported to a small town with adark past. Welcomed by garage owner Tim Curtis (Tony Barry Australia) and invited to remain through her convalescence Asta encounters the backward nature of the townresidents first-hand - appalled by the sexist taunts and misogyny that seems common place and acceptable to the community at large. Threatened herself by a gang oflocal miscreants Asta discovers that Tim's young daughter Lizzie (Simone Buchanan My Brilliant Career) is the victim of a vicious gang-rape and decides to take a stand against the cruel and sinister status quo.

Asta Cadell, a lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks down and shacks up with Tim Curtis, the local mechanic, while fixing it. She then becomes involved in helping Curtis' teenage daughter, Lizzie, who has been recently date-raped by Danny Fiske, the son of a wealthy, well-known citizen and his gang. Asta persuades Lizzie to press charges against Danny, but the local population becomes determined to keep the incident a secret at any cost and soon Asta and the Curtis family's lives are in danger.

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