Ray Barrett

The first Australian film to play in competition at Cannes, this true story drama follows a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up.

A small get-together slowly spirals into an intoxicated shambles full of political and personal strife in this Australian comedy-drama from the Oscar-nominated director of Driving Miss Daisy.