35mm No Worries (1993)

No rain. No crops. No money. No worries.

“Best Australian film of the year.” – Neil Jillet, The Age

Matilda Bell (Amy Terelinck) is an independent 11 year old growing up on a sheep station in western NSW, during a severe drought. Many local farmers have already gone bust, but her parents Ben (Geoff Morrell) and Ellen (Susan Lyons) are just about holding on – until the Federal Government drops the wool price. The family is forced to move to Sydney, and Matilda stops speaking. Her only friend is a Vietnamese girl, Binh (Ngoc Hanh Nguyen) whose parents have been killed by pirates during the voyage to Australia. When Matilda runs away from home, Binh and her uncle help to find her.

A rare modern depiction of rural Australia on film, No Worries is a family film brimming with both empathy and authenticity.

David Elfick, the director and producer of No Worries, will be in attendance at the Ritz to introduce the film.

Rating

G

Cast

John Hargreaves, Geraldine James, Geoff Morrell, Steven Vidler, Bill Young, Ray Barrett, Bob Baines

Director

David Elfick