After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
Martin Freeman
Andy
Simone Landers
Thoomi
Anthony Hayes
Vic
Susie Porter
Kay
Caren Pistorius
Lorraine
Kris McQuade
Etta
Natasha Wanganeen
Josie
Bruce R. Carter
Willie
David Gulpilil
Daku
Andy Rodoreda
River Father
Director
Ben Howling
Director, Writer
Yolanda Ramke
May 20, 2018
6
Bit disappointed by this film. I saw the amazing short that was the basis for this film a few years ago, and it packed more punch in 7 minutes than this version packs in 105 minutes.
Everyone does their job well, the acting is uniformly good, the cinematography and setting are great. The problem is, the story is too thin and lacks depth. There are a couple of interesting ideas, the 48 hour time-line of the infection, the wrist bands counting down the 48 hours. But the padding of the plot feels forced and ultimately unnecessary. Everything could have been and probably should have been wrapped up in a much shorter time frame, and that is why the short film worked so well.
All in all, it was a good enough film, but considering the source it should have been amazing.
6/10