One Night the Moon

One Night the Moon (DVD) (*)

$25.99

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

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
57 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Rachel Perkins

Written By:
Rachel Perkins
John Romeril

Actors:
Paul Kelly ..... Father
Kaarin Fairfax ..... Mother
Memphis Kelly ..... Child
Kelton Pell ..... Albert
Ruby Hunter ..... Albert's Wife
Chris Haywood ..... Sergeant
David Field ..... Allman

Synopsis:

Australian singer and songwriter Paul Kelly stars in (and wrote part of the musical score for) this unusual musical, which combines folk and country influences with the aboriginal sounds of the Outback to tell the story of a lost child and the divergent efforts to find her. A simple farmer (Paul Kelly) and his wife (Kaarin Fairfax) are the proud parents of a beautiful little girl (Memphis Kelly). One night, Father tells the girl a bedtime story in which dreamers answer the siren song of the moon; fascinated by the story, the restless girl wanders out of the house in the night to follow the moon, and in the morning her parents discover she is gone. After the father reports his daughter missing, the authorities put together a search party, including Albert (Kelton Pell), an Aborigine police offer with remarkable tracking abilities. The farmer, however, is a prejudiced man, and objects to having a black man on the search team, no matter what his abilities may be. Offended, Albert leaves the police force behind, and sets out to find the girl on his own; soon, the girl's mother joins him, convinced that Albert's knowledge is more valuable than her husband's ignorance. Produced for Australian television, One Night the Moon received its American premier at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

One Night The Moon is a landmark Australian feature, combining the creative filmmaking and storytelling talents of Director Rachel Perkins with leading Australian musicians Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody and Mairead Hannan. Set in the 1930's, One Night The Moon is a musical drama about a young girl who goes missing in the rugged Australian Outback. A search party that includes an aboriginal tracker is sent out to find her.

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