Directed by:
Cathy RandallScreenplay:
Cathy RandallComposer:
Guy GrossCast:
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Danielle Catanzariti, Toni Collette, Christian Byers, Essie Davis, Jonny Pasvolsky, Russell Dykstra, Caitlin McDougall, Patrick FrostPlots(1)
Esther (Danielle Catanzariti) is not like other girls; she befriends a duck, talks to God through the toilet and break-dances at her bat-mitzvah. Her school is a daily torment of mind-numbing conformity and bell-ringing rituals. Home is a pressure cooker driven by her mother Graces (Essie Davis) demand for perfection. But life changes when Esther meets uber hip Sunni, (Keisha Castle- Hughes) and her off beat single mother Mary (Toni Collette) and slips out of her oppressive all-girls private school and into a public one under the guise of a foreign exchange student. She learns that it’s ok to be different and that being true to yourself is more important than fitting in. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Australia
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Whale Rider (2002)
Red Dog (2011)
Danielle Catanzariti
Australia
Best movies:
Girl Asleep (2015)
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
Toni Collette
Australia
Best movies:
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Mary and Max (2009)
Knives Out (2019)
Christian Byers
Australia
Best movies:
The Tree (2010)
Dance Academy: The Movie (2017)
December Boys (2007)
Essie Davis
Australia
Best movies:
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Sweeney Todd (2006) (TV movie)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Jonny Pasvolsky
Best movies:
The Front Runner (2018)
Mortdecai (2015)
The Diplomat (2009) (TV movie)
Russell Dykstra
Australia
Best movies:
Lantana (2001)
Romulus, My Father (2007)
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Caitlin McDougall
Best movies:
Patrick Frost
Best movies:
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015) (series)