Directed by:
Elise McCredieScreenplay:
Elise McCredieCinematography:
Jaems GrantComposer:
Cezary SkubiszewskiCast:
Mitchell Butel, Bojana Novakovic, Nick Barker, David Schofield, Samuel Johnson, Nathan Page, Michael Wilde, Maude Davey, Tommy Dysart, Rob Carlton (more)Plots(1)
This Australian romantic charmer stars Michela Noonan as She, a kind of post-modern Bridget Jones, who is thoroughly confused about sex and romantic love. Ironically, She is a modern day romantic obsessed with the poetry of Wordsworth (the title of the film is taken from a Wordsworth poem) and the movement of the period, but she also holds on to a staunch post-feminist notion that romance is a patriarchal trap to enslave women. Virginal and heady She is shy and socially awkward, she works tirelessly at a used bookstore in Melbourne and ponders the notion of romance and sex. One day at work she spots an attractive young man reading poetry and instantly falls for him until he disarms her by playfully attempting to come onto her. She is instantly confused and swears to find a proper sexual partner in a whirlwind of sexual confusion and hilarity. She's quest to lose her virginity leads her into the arms of quite a few unsuspecting partners including an activist lesbian (Anni Finsterer), a Spanish tutor (Steve Adams) and her gay best-friend (Mitchell Brutel). Her confusion is only deepened by her madcap sexual exploits as she routinely falls for a bevy of mismatched partners. Not suprisingly, her quest for sex becomes a quest for romantic love in this darkly comic coming of age comedy that perfectly conveys the intellectual angst and romantic confusion of modern twentysomethings looking for love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mitchell Butel
Best movies:
Dark City (1998)
Holding the Man (2015)
Two Hands (1999)
Bojana Novakovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Seven Pounds (2008)
The Little Death (2014)
I, Tonya (2017)
David Schofield
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Samuel Johnson
Best movies:
Angel Baby (1995)
$9.99 (2008)
Crackerjack (2002)
Nathan Page
Australia
Best movies:
Escape from Pretoria (2020)
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Accidents Happen (2009)
Michael Wilde
Australia
Maude Davey
Best movies:
Noise (2007)
Broken Hill (2009)
My Year Without Sex (2009)
Tommy Dysart
UK
Best movies:
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Next of Kin (1982)
Sky Pirates (1986)
Rob Carlton
Best movies:
You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
The Glass House (2001)
All the Way (2003)
Genevieve Morris
Best movies:
Ride Like a Girl (2019)
Run Rabbit Run (2023)