Total Film
Ward weaves a deft hidden family tragedy, but you'll see the revelations coming a country mile away.
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Beautiful Kate
Ben Mendelsohn plays a man who returns to his childhood home to see his dying father (Bryan Brown) in Rachel Ward's directorial debut.
"Ned (Ben Mendelsohn), a writer, leaves the city and drives with his girlfriend Toni (Maeve Dermody) to the isolated property where Bruce (Bryan Brown), his father, is dying. Living with Bruce is Ned’s younger sister, Sally (Rachel Griffiths). Toni, bored and increasingly hostile, is an unsympathetic hanger-on, as dark secrets from the family’s past are gradually revealed – secrets that involve the young Ned (Scott O’Donnell) and his twin sister, ‘beautiful’ Kate (Sophie Lowe)." (Sydney Film Festival)
Less2009Rating: R18, Sex scenes & offensive language90 minsAustralia
Drama
- Director:
- Rachel Ward (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Rachel Ward
- Cast:
- Ben MendelsohnRachel GriffithsSophie LoweBryan BrownMaeve DermodyJosh McFarlaneSuzie BavaciScott O'Donnell
Beautiful Kate | Reviews
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The Age
Rachel Ward's directorial debut is well acted and handsomely shot by Andrew Commis, but it goes nowhere.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Ward's tough-minded and uniquely Australian version of Southern Gothic does reward your perseverance by at last making you care.
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Empire Magazine
A powerful tale of forbidden love, isolation and making peace with the past. Beautiful Kate is truly hypnotic.
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