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Somersault (2004) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Apr 21, 2006
• UK: 25 Aug 2004
Official Website:
Somersault Website
Running Time
1 hour, 46 minutes
Country Australia
Studio Magnolia Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Somersault (2004)
• More Than Scarlet
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Genre: Drama
Tagline: Love can turn you upside down.
Plot: Australian directors have always made fascinating and unique films in the coming-of-age genre, from Bruce Beresford’s PUBERTY BLUES (1981) to John Duigan’s FLIRTING (1991). Now, with SOMERSAULT, first-time director Cate Shortland has managed to make this well-trodden genre seem fresh once again, and in the process, introduced the world to Abbie Cornish, an actress of uncommon presence. Cornish is 16-year-old Heidi, who lives with her single mother, Nicole. After her mother walks in on Heidi kissing Nicole’s boyfriend, the sexually precocious teen flees her troubled home for the Aussie ski town of Jindabyne, where young people drink to excess every night and deal with the ramifications of their intoxicated couplings the morning after. She manages to find a job at a local filling station, and lodging at a hotel run by motherly Irene (Lynette Curran)--but when she falls for wealthy farmhand Joe (Sam Worthington), she finds that her budding feminine wiles are no match for class differences, and will only create pain and confusion for her once again. Shortland paints Heidi’s often painful journey in a palette of beautiful, melancholic blues, which are the perfect match for the spare, acoustic/electronic score by the Australian band Decoder Ring. SOMERSAULT’s meditative pace is an
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Its reception in Australia remains to be fully gauged, but Somersault is an eye-catching and haunting first film deserving of international art house success.  --Stephen Groenewegen (eFilmCritic.com)
Gorgeous to look at and impressively directed, Somersault is an enjoyable coming-of-age drama with a stunning break-out performance by newcomer Abbie Cornish. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
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