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Synopsis: Raimond Gaita (1946 - ) comes of age in Frogmore, Victoria in the early 1960s. His parents are immigrants: his Romanian father farms; his German mother, Christina, estranged from Romulus, is in Melbourne. Romulus is near despair when she takes up with the brother of his best friend, who suggests he send for a new wife from back home. For Rai, poverty, bruises, and the mysterious ways of adults compete with his longing for a stable home and his own incipient puberty. Love and madness lie in the same bed. As an old woman tells Rai, "Sometimes what you reckon and what you get ain't the same thing."
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Richard Roxburgh
Actors: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  10 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
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Year:
2007
104 min
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which star's which.

MITRU:
I bet I do.

That's the Southern Cross.

I knew it.

Orion?

Mm-hm.

That bright one there's Venus.

Oh, she's beautiful.

I bet you don't know

which one is Constellation Mitru.

Oh, yeah? Which one's that?

Just the most handsome constellation

in the whole universe.

There's no such thing.

Oh, yes, there is.

Just 'cause you don't know

about it...

Muti reckons that you can tell

what's going to happen by the stars.

CLANGING, LOW VOICES

I don't think so.

Not me, anyway.

I know you and Muti

are living together in Maryborough.

I don't reckon

the stars knew about that.

No.

I mean, why would they be interested?

True.

Very true. (Laughs)

We need to talk about

what's going to happen.

Nothing's going to happen.

That's what's going to happen now.

We need to decide what to do.

What's different? Nothing's changed.

You're with other man.

You've always been with other men.

So why did you marry me, then?

Not because I loved you.

If you don't love me,

then why don't you divorce me?

Im not going to divorce you,

Cristal.

Why? Why not?

Because you need me.

MITRU:
I think I should leave.

Could you please

take me to the station?

(Slams door)

MOTORBIKE ENGINE REVS

I wish things could be

how they used to be...

..when we were friends.

MOTORBIKE APPROACHES

ENGINE REVS LOUDLY

ENGINE RATTLES:

ENGINE SPUTTERS:

CRASH !

My darling.

How long do you reckon

you're going to stay?

As long as you need me, darling.

What about Mitru?

Will he be alright without you?

Do you like Mitru?

He's a kind man.

Don't you think?

I think Papi's better.

KNOCK AT DOOR:

Whoo-hoo!

Hi, Hora.

Hi.

What did you get? What did you get?

What did you get?

Oranges! Can I have one now?

Of course you can.

Im going to have one too.

They're for Raimond's

school lunches.

(Sings softly in German)

(Barks)

What are you doing?

Hora?

What are you doing?

Raimond. Rai.

GUNSHO Why are you shooting the chooks?

Raimond!

Hora, what are you doing?

Raimond, be quiet.

GUNSHO Hora, stop!

Hora! Stop.

GUNSHO Please, Hora, stop it!

CHICKENS CLUCK AND SQUAWK

No, Hora, please don't.

(Grunts)

Hora! Stop.

Stop.

Hora! Stop it.

Stop it, stop it, stop it!

They're sick, alright?

They're all sick.

CHICKENS FLAP AND SQUAWK

DULL THUDDING:

MUSlC PLAYS ON RADIO

How could you do that?

I had no choice.

You enjoyed it.

You are insane.

You buried the chickens alive.

I don't have to put up with this.

Why don't you leave, then?

We don't need you.

And who'll look after

Raimond then, huh? You?

Where will the money come from?

Who'll cook and clean?

We'd find a way.

Then find a way.

You buy the food.

Cook dinner from now on.

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