![]() ![]() The aboriginal repairman is mentally limited or handicapped it is implied from his speech and how others talk to him, but not explicitly stated. He explains this to dad by saying the repairman could not be capable of harming her, without further explanation. We see that the police officer had been protecting him by destroying pages of the diary mentioning the repairman. Dad finds the young repairman from earlier and beats him unconscious. The teacher and his family look horrified and say they know nothing about the girl’s disappearance or even that she is missing. Dad replies the girls' promiscuity came from mom as the two argue and point blame.ĭad, on his own, drives through the desert and goes to the home of the former teacher in the middle of the night and shouts at him then leaves. Later, Mom accuses dad of molesting the girl. The officer talks about his own failed marriage. The officer suggests to mom during their drive around the desert, that running away is often a response to being molested at home, seeming to implicate Dad’s behavior. We see sweeping views of the desert during the investigations, showing how difficult survival would be in the harsh terrain with little food, water or other cities nearby. The characters variously implicate and harass one another. On one call, a female voice then says, “your daughter is a whore” and hangs up. Dad, mom, and the officer seemingly conduct their own investigations, interviewing the girl’s lovers and walking around town. Search parties dispatch into the desert, and an investigation ensues, including of the repairman, skater, and her former teacher. We learn it only 3-4 days maximum that anyone could survive the elements in the remote desert around the town. Time is running out on survival in the desert. Some pages describe sexual encounters with various parties including her old teacher. Mom gives the officer the girl's diary of her disturbing escapades, she discovered in her room. The parents were reluctant to accept initially, and to open their latest family drama to the town. The girl has run away before, and the whole family is looked at with disdain by the townspeople we learn. ![]() The officer learns that the family moved here because the girl slept with a teacher at her old school. Mom convinces dad the kids are missing, and they enlist the police (Hugo Weaving) to help. A sandstorm hits town and covers everyone in red soot. The next day the school reports they haven't attended in many days, not just that day. The dad comments that mom at that age was worse than the daughter (More promiscuous).ĭad watches blankly as his kids jump their fence and then walk out into the desert that night. It's implied the mom had cheated on dad, and also that they moved here due to their daughter's promiscuity. ![]() Over some scenes of home life that day and from the family discussion, we soon see the parents no longer live together, when dad rebuffs mom's sexual advances. The parents seem to think the suggestion is ridiculous, but we are not told why. Later at home the girl asks to go to a concert in a few days with some friends in another city. The boy was told earlier to ‘not let her out of your sight’, but he simply watches as the skater and his sister walk into the warehouse without reaction. It is strongly implied they have sex though not pictured. Later that morning, a skater takes her into an empty warehouse after she also flirts with him. We see that her outfits include tight t-shirts and short jean skirts, even going to school in such. Her mom told her to throw out that tight outfit, but only laughs when the girl smiles rebelliously. The underage girl dressed in tight underwear is seen greeting an aboriginal repairman at the door during breakfast. We hear a voice-over of the young girl reciting poetry. Tommy and Lilly (Nicholas Hamilton and Maddison Brown) live with their parents, Catherine and Mathew Parker (Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes) in a desolate town in the Australian outback.
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