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The Caterpillar Wish - Susie Porter, Wendy Hughes, Philip Quast, Sandra Sciberras
Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
A sleepy seaside town, in winter.
Emily Woodbridge (Victoria Thaine), a 17-year-old girl, lives with her mother Susan (Susie Porter). Emily never knew her father. According to her mother, he was a "tom cat" - a tourist who wandered into town one summer and was never seen again.
Susan is struggling to forget the past. She hasn't spoken to her parents for years, not since she shamed the family by falling pregnant at 15.
Emily actively pursues a friendship with father-figure Stephen (Robert Mammone), who spends his days fixing boats at the harbour. But Stephen has his own troubles, constantly haunted by the past.
Stephen's sister Elizabeth (Wendy Hughes) is married to the town policeman Carl (Philip Quast). Elizabeth suspects Carl is being unfaithful but is afraid to uncover the truth. Her son Joel (Khan Chittenden) has a secret love of his own.
When a bible turns up with an intriguing inscription, Emily is the first to realise that hoping for change is not enough.
The Caterpillar Wish is about ordinary people finding the courage to believe they have the power to transform their own lives.
This winter, one wish will change everything.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film Australia drama small town mother daughter family single parent relationship teen
Persons of interest
- Victoria Thaine .... Emily Woodbridge
- Robert Mammone .... Stephen Knight
- Wendy Hughes .... Elizabeth Roberts
- Philip Quast .... Carl Roberts
- Khan Chittenden .... Joel Roberts
- Will Traeger .... Ewan Roberts
- Elspeth Ballantyne .... Mrs Woodbridge
- Bruce Myles .... Mr Woodbridge
- Nicholas Bell .... Father Caleb
- Susie Porter .... Susan Woodbridge
- Sandra Sciberras .... Screenwriter
- Sandra Sciberras .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- The Caterpillar Wish official movie site
- The Caterpillar Wish film production notes
- The Caterpillar Wish QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) 2006: Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Susie Porter)
- Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) Screen Music Awards 2006: Nominated: Feature Film Score of the Year (Burkhard Dallwitz), Best Soundtrack Album (Burkhard Dallwitz)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia 2006: Nominated: Best Actress (Victoria Thaine), Actress - Supporting Role (Susie Porter), Original Screenplay
- if Awards 2006: Won: Best Production Design (Robert Webb); Nominated: Best Sound (Pete Best, Pete Smith, Des Kenneally, Alicia Slursarski, John Simpson)
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
The best thing that one can say about small towns is that when one person's secret comes unravelled, everyone else's come undone, too. [Actually, the best thing that one can say about small towns is that one doesn't live in one - Director of Intelligence.] It will all end in tears before bedtime.
Security censorship classification
M (Moderate coarse language, moderate themes, moderate violence)
Surveillance time
90 minutes (1:30 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 8 June 2006
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