Blueback
Blueback is a feature film adaptation of Tim Winton’s best-selling and critically acclaimed novella; a universal fable for all ages about friendship, family and the power of one young girl to make a difference.
Synopsis
Blueback is a feature film adaptation of Tim Winton’s best-selling and critically acclaimed novella. A fable for all ages, it is a beautiful story set on an idyllic stretch of West Australian coast where the waters teem with fish, and a child and her mother live a simple, tough existence.
Marine biologist Abby (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the bay of her childhood after the news of her mother Dora’s stroke. Looking after her ill mother, Abby begins to remind Dora (Liz Alexander) of the stories of the life they shared when Abby was a young child (Ariel Donoghue) and a teenager (Ilsa Fogg).
In an effort to rouse Dora, Abby recalls the time she met Blueback, a wild blue groper. With the threat of poachers and environmental destruction, Abby and Dora (Radha Mitchell) work courageously to protect the natural world and its creatures, with Abby putting herself in danger to save Blueback.
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Filmed in Western Australia
on the Traditional Country of the Goreng, Whadjuk, Noongar, Baiyungu, Thalanyji and Yinikurtura peoples
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Production Information
Writer & Director
Robert Connolly
Producers
Liz Kearney
James Grandison
Robert Connolly
Associate Producer
Bec Bignell
Executive Producers
Andrew Myer
Robert Patterson
Key Cast
Mia Wasikowska
Radha Mitchell
Ilsa Fogg
Liz Alexander
Ariel Donoghue
Clarence Ryan
Pedrea Jackson
Erik Thomson
Eddie Baroo
Eric Bana
Distributor
Roadshow Films (ANZ)
Key Locations
Key WA Crew
Director of Photography
Andy Commis ACS
Editor
Nick Meyers
Production Designer
Clayton Jauncey
Costume Designer
Lien See Leong
Line Producer
James Grandison
Underwater DOP
1st Assistant Director
Mark Boskell
2nd Assistant Director
Kristan Dowsing
3rd Assistant Director
Location Manager
Aidan O’Bryan
Director’s Attachment
Karla Hart
Gaffer
Key Grip
Greg Stirling
Unit Manager
Hair & Make Up Designer
Karen Sims
Sound Recordist
Stills Photography
David Dare Parker
Nic Duncan
Safety Supervisor
John Fairhead
Production Gallery
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