Stranded (2005 film)
7.2 /10 1 Votes
79% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Stuart McDonald Running time 52min Language English Director Stuart McDonald | 7.1/10 IMDb 6.5/10 Filmweb Country Australia Initial release 2005 Screenplay Kathleen O'Brien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer Producers Lizzette Atkins, Beth Frey Cast Similar Island Heat: Stranded, After the Deluge, The Echo of Thunder, The Man Who Sued God, Puccini and the Girl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stranded is a 2005 Australian short film directed by Stuart McDonald. It won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Australian Short Film in 2006.
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Plot
Claudia Kelly (EMMA LUNG) is an intelligent Seventeen-year old who lives in a world of no job, no school, no money and things are going badly at home: her mother has committed suicide and she hates her father Rex (ROBERT MORGAN). Her fight with her sister Penny (EMILY BROWNING) also gets out of hand every day. Claudia moves into her mothers abandoned car in the driveway.
She plans to fix it and take off to tropical Queensland thats if she can side step the Christian do-gooders and avoid falling in love with the cute Kleptomaniac (DAVID HOFLIN) who works at the local Supermarket. She would love to leave the house, and literally does everything she can to raise money for this.
Claudias plans are further interrupted when the two little kids accidentally kill a favourite pet, Rex sinks further into depression, and Penny begins a course of stealing and drug taking. Adding to her problems, Cam spends the night and things between them become far too intense.
In a heart-wrenching climax, Claudia leaves and finds herself in a motel room questioning the value of her own life and her mothers tragic death. She finally resolves to go back and deal with her situation but finds the family in an even greater state of chaos.
The lecherous woman, her two kids and the church workers have returned and it looks like Rex is letting them take over the house. Will Claudia ever be able to face her feelings towards Cam and her mother and make it to Queensland?