GFF: The Daughter

Theatre director Simon Stone makes an acclaimed transition to the cinema with a lushly crafted, psychologically acute reworking of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck that captures pitch perfect performances from a powerhouse cast including Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Sam Neill and Paul Schneider. In a small Australian logging town, the closure of the mill spells disaster for the local economy. However, it seems unlikely to cause sleepless nights for arrogant mill owner Henry (Rush) as he prepares for his wedding and the return of his estranged son Christian (Schneider) to serve as best man. The ghosts of the past collide with the concerns of the present as they all head towards a day of reckoning.

(film also screens Thu 25 Feb, 3:45pm)