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Somersault

2004 · 105 min

Quietly aching and raw, it drifts through cold small-town spaces with a lonely teenager's restless need for tenderness.

Directed by: Cate Shortland
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran

Tagline: Love can turn you upside down.
Overview: Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.

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Directed by: Cate Shortland
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
coming-of-age
loneliness
family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Cate Shortland
Written by: Cate Shortland
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Erik Thomson, Nathaniel Dean, Diana Glenn, Olivia Pigeot, Damian de Montemas
Music: Pete Kelly, Kenny Davis Jr
Cinematography: Robert Humphreys
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Australia, Netherlands
Languages: English

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