BABYTEETH (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), Toby Wallace (Boys in the Trees), Emily Barclay (Suburban Mayhem), Eugene Gilfedder (In Her Skin), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Ben Mendelsohn (Captain Marvel), Andrea Demetriades (Around the Block), Edward Lau (film debut), Zach Grech (film debut), Georgina Symes (Bad Behaviour), Michelle Lotters (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Shannon Murphy (film debut), director; Rita Kalnejais (film debut), writer; Alex White (film debut), producer; Amanda Brown (Preservation), composer; Andrew Commis (Girl Asleep), cinematographer; Steve Evans (Suburban Mayhem), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Milla (Scanlen), a seriously ill teenage girl, falls in love with small-time drug dealer Moses (Wallace). Although her parents (Davis and Mendelsohn) highly disapprove of their relationship, Milla is not deterred and soon finds herself living life to the fullest…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Australian rising star Eliza Scanlen, best known to international audiences as Beth in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, shines in this uplifting coming-of-age drama.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH AUGUST 2020

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