With his distinctive voice and unusual view of life, Harris takes us through his story: a harrowing journey of humour, grief, resolution and redemption. Harris, as a child of five, sits underneath his house amongst the cobwebs making 'sugar' by pounding sandstone rocks into fine grains and wrapping them into bags. Harris at 17 falls in love with Helen and when a tragic accident leads to a breakdown he ends up at 'The Cottage'... Thrust up against the lives of other innocent victims, Harris begins to make sense of his own guilt, grief and the secret of his past.
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Cast
22 people
Matt Day
Harris Berne
Known for
Wolf Creek
The Beast
Rhondda Findleton
Helen MacMillan
Known for
Wolf Creek
The Hard Word
Andrew Buckley
Robert Carter
Anthony Hayes
Marlo
Known for
Cargo
Gold
Jenny Woods
John Waters
Sam Lejeune
Known for
2:22
Breaker Morant
Niki Owen
Nurse
Also in
Around the Block
Blacktown
Michela Noonan
Angela
Glen Shea
Joe
Samantha Healy
Stephanie
Eliot Paton
Julius McMillan
Robert Carter Director · Andrew Lesnie Cinematographer Wayne LeClos Editor
United States release August 1, 1998 · Produced in Australia
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Australia
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English
Release dates
United States · August 1, 1998
Hollywood Film Festival
Australia · March 4, 1999
Theatrical
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