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Directed by:
Ben HackworthCinematography:
Katie MilwrightComposer:
Robert MackenzieVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Conor a young actor, leaves for an acting job in the countryside. Following precise instructions, he and his fellow actresses are supposed to re-enact scenes from the life of Joe, a terminally ill director. Yet the setting is more spring-like than morbid and Conor makes himself familiar not only with Joe's life but with the place, a sort of spiritual hotel. The film's title refers to an Australian Aboriginal dance ritual, and Conor comes across as an invited guest at a ritual who initially has only a vague idea of its meaning. It is the strict emphasis on form that is immanent to both, ritual and film. Hackworth fortunately refrains from conventional narrative tricks and psychologically one-dimensional and predictable characters. His narrative movements are circular instead of following a straight line. And the gap that is layed out in the constant double role play offers to deliberate narrative story-telling as such. The excellent ensemble makes sure that this is not a mere intellectual pleasure. Insofar as Friedrich Schiller's concept of the "Spieltrieb" (the play drive) defines playing as a link between sensual and intellectual perception, Corroboree displays a very playful director. Let's hope, he'll never grow up. (Anna Hoffmann) (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Rebecca Frith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277275_1bbec6.jpg)
Rebecca Frith
Best movies:
Me Myself I (1999)
Russian Doll (2001)
Natasha Herbert
Best movies:
EMO the Musical (2016)
X (2011)
Margaret Mills
Best movies:
Dead End (1999)