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So Close to Home (2003)

Directed by Jessica Hobbs

“It takes a stranger to show you what it means to belong”

Drama · 52m

Maggie, a professional woman dutifully paying a visit to her overbearing mother in Sydney, encounters a 14-year-old Kosovan girl on the train. Strangely propelled by the girl's isolation, she embarks on a mission to reunite her with her mother in a refugee detention centre, but gradually discovers that it is in fact the young stranger who is showing her how to reconcile with her own mother.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Jessica Hobbs
Writer
Madeleine Blackwell
Original Music Composer
Alan John
Editor
Denise Haratzis
Producer
Martin Williams, Samantha Jennings

Details

Release date
2003-09-01
Runtime
52m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Australia