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The Screen Guide

Jack, a 'born-again' Christian and a man with a violent past, has high hopes for his first serious job since getting out of gaol. He and his wife Alison take an isolated posting in the empty heart of Australia but in the heat and struggle Jack's memories of his tortured childhood emerge and Alison discovers that fear can replace love. Jack starts backsliding...

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Crew

Director
Simon Target
Writers
Simon Target  Ross Wilson
Producer
Basil Appleby  Sue Wild
Executive Producers
Charles Target  Simon Target
Dir. of Photography
Tom Cowan
Composer
Nigel Westlake
Editor
Nick Holmes
Production Designer
Ross Major

Cast

Tim Roth - Jim Holt - Odile Le Clezio

Production Details

Production Completion
1991
Genre
Thriller
Production Company
CaST Films  Channel Four International

Sales

International Sales
CaST Films

Selected Awards & Festivals

  • Welsh International Film Festival
    (1991)
  • Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
    (1991)
  • Dinan Int Film & TV Festival
    (1991)
  • Birmingham International Film Festival
    (1991)