A three-hour film, shot almost entirely from the back seat of a car, consisting of two Melbourne lawyers talking has been getting rave reviews at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival | cinema ThePlains
A three-hour film, shot almost entirely from the back seat of a car, consisting of two Melbourne lawyers talking: it doesn’t sound like a crowd-pleaser. But Melbourne barrister David Easteal’shas been getting rave reviews at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival. Some critics are even calling it the big hit of the festival’s Tiger competition.
His wife Cheri is only glimpsed in the film, but he would call her on his way home every day. He would also call his mother. Both he and Cheri had very elderly parents in Adelaide, and would drive there so often they had bought a house in Horsham that they had grown to love. The plains of the title are seen in drone footage on an iPad: flat, brown country that had become their haven.