Description
Directed by Ann Turner
Set in mid 1950s Australia, with the manufactured fear of communism in the air, Ann Turner's refreshingly unsentimental debut feature depicts a long hot summer seen through the eyes and over-active imagination of nine-year-old Celia.
Shaken by the death of her beloved Grandmother, Celia finds herself adrift between the cruel games and rituals of childhood and the incomprehensible world of grown-ups. With monstrous creatures stalking her dreams by night, those imagined terrors blur by day with the banal brutality of the adult world and lead to tragic and shocking consequences.
Presented from a stunning new 2K restoration, this dark fable of childhood's end ranks alongside Lord of the Flies, The 400 Blows, Stand By Me and Pan’s Labyrinth.
Winner: 1989 Grand Prix, Créteil International Women's Film Festival
“... marks a feature debut of astonishing skill... forceful, outlandish and highly provocative” Empire ****
“Transfixing, assured, extremely lucid… recalls the deceptive serenity of BLUE VELVET” Janet Maslin, New York Times
Product details
| SKU | 5060114151741 |
| Alphabetical Title | Celia |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 |
| BFICID | 150334127 |
| Blu-Ray Region | A, B, C |
| Brand / Publisher | Second Run |
| Catalogue Number | SECONDRUNBD045 |
| Certificate | 15 |
| Colour | Colour |
| Countries | Australia |
| Director | Ann Turner |
| Extras | <ul style |
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Language(s) | English |
| Product contents | 1 disc |
| Running time | 98 mins |
| Subtitles | English subtitles for the deaf and partial hearing |
| Year | 1988 |
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