
The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.
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| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsDisplaying about equal amounts of naiveté, passion and talent, Beneath Clouds establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential. |
| User ReviewD WThe simple ideas are the best: a film about a boy and a girl walking along a road can speak more purely than a cashed-up film can. "Beneath Clouds" is a low budget Australian film that has a devestatingly simple concept and a devestating impact. Two teenagers-Aboriginal prison-escapee Vaughn trying to reach his dying mother and half-Aboriginal Lena who is searching for her Irish father- cross paths along a highway in rural NSW. They walk along together, sometimes hitching rides, sometimes talking, sometimes silent on the road to Sydney. The surrounding landscape is all-encompassing. In its cliffs and gumtrees can be read memories of the brutal past- of Aborigines being pushed off cliffs by white settlers. Cornfields tell the story of these settlers and whisper the fate of the land. Thefilm moves at a reflective pace but this means that it's scope is vast. More can be read in these fluid images of the abstract Australian landscape than in icon-plagued media-saturated Sydney. |
| User ReviewJeff LOne of my favorite movies of the year. A great road movie. An easy 10/10 |
| User ReviewBarry DClassic Australian film about two kids from different, but somewhat similar backgrounds who meet and wind up taking a journey together. The texture of the Australian outback as well as the indigenous people here is extremely unique, as is the look and atmosphere of the picture. It feels completely authentic. It is especially relevant to North America and our own racial issues. This is worth getting once it comes out. |
| User ReviewRachel SA quiet film that speaks volumes, Beneath Clouds is not just one of the best Australian films I've seen, but one of the best contemporary films out there, period. There is the stillness, and the rawness and the honesty I love in Australian films. There is a poetic quality to it that seems more literary than cinematic. The characters are quite something - they carry with them an overwhelming sense of pain that refuses to descend into self-pity. |
| User ReviewMichael HLoved it! top dialogue, screenplay, captivating cinematography. an awesome story!! |
| User ReviewNusrat JTruely amazing acting, story and unbelieavable cinematography |
| User ReviewPeter Pa beautiful and touching australian movie with some outstanding performances from some minute actors. |
| User ReviewHolly MFantastic Aussie film. Very real and captivating. The story is intriguing and the ending is great. An extremely well made film. |
| User ReviewJoern SA truely moving story about two youngsters with Aboriginal background. Simple plot (rather focused), great metaphors, absolutely stunning cinematography and great film music. Haven't seen a better and more sophisticated piece about contemporary Aboriginal ways of living. |