The Australian director’s film about a Parton impersonator has already won over fans – including the queen of country herself
he Guardian, Amerie! The Guardian – I just got off the phone with the Guardian!” As soon as our call is connected, Australian director Gracie Otto is immediately quoting from the?” Otto laughs. “It’s quite funny.”Otto is having quite the year. We speak a few days after Heartbreak High received eight Aacta nominations, including Otto for best director.
It stars Krew Boylan as Red, a rambunctious and misguided woman who is at a crossroads in her life. After being fired from her beige real estate job, Red finds her calling in being aThere is always a bit of worry about whether Australian films will translate overseas, particularly in the US. Americans are hard to read, Otto says. “They would say ‘Oh, that’s funny’ but they wouldn’t really laugh.
Parton famously said: “Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.” Otto grew up in the film industry – she is the daughter of actor Barry Otto and sister of actor Miranda Otto – and had a love for US and European cinema from a young age: “As soon as I finished high school I was like, ‘Oh my god, the world!’ I wanted to go out and explore.”
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