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AMY

Australia / 1998 / 104 min / Digital / Musical

Director : Nadia Tass
Script : David Parker
Cinematography : David Parker
Editing : Bill Murphy
Music : Philip Judd
Production : Nadia Tass, David Parker, Phil Jones
Cast : Rachel Griffith, Ben Mendelsohn, Alana de Roma, Kerry Armstrong

 

Amy's father, Will Enker, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence. Amy befriends her neighbour, Robert, and while social workers try desperately to get her to speak and go to school, she makes the choice to communicate again and begins to sing along to Robert's rock songs after three years of silence. Her mother works out her own emotional issues with the help of a therapist.

 

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