You can hide your past. You can never escape it.
Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s is the story of Sparra Farrell, a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula. But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.
Director: Tony Ayres
Cast: Alex Russell, Sullivan Stapleton, Jessica De Gouw, Megan Holloway, Richard Anastasios, Paul Molder, Kerry Walker, Robert Morgan
You can hide your past. You can never escape it.
Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s is the story of Sparra Farrell, a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula. But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.
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Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s is the story of Sparra Farrell, a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engage…
1h 34m
September 24, 2015
Tony Ayres
Alex Russell, Sullivan Stapleton, Jessica De Gouw
Drama, Crime, Romance