South Solitary
'An unexpected pleasure.' Philippa Hawker, The Age
'…a very special film, both original and in its own way, quite a daring one.' David Stratton, ABC TV
Feature Film
2010
35mm Colour
110mins
English
Writer/Director
Shirley Barrett
Producer
Marian Macgowan
Co Producer
Miranda Culley
Executive Producers
Sarah Radclyffe
Emile Sherman
Phillip Keir
Cast
Miranda Otto
Marton Csokas
Barry Otto
Essie Davis
Rohan Nichol
Meredith, thirty and unmarried, arrives at a remote lighthouse island with her uncle, the new head keeper. Bad weather and misadventure leave her marooned with only the sullen and withdrawn assistant keeper Fleet for companionship. A tender, faltering courtship ensues…
The year is 1928, and the setting is South Solitary Island, a remote lighthouse island, bleak, rainy and directly in the path of the Roaring Forties. Meredith Appleton, 33, arrives with her uncle, George Wadsworth, the replacement Head Keeper. Desperate for companionship she lurches into a relationship with Stanley the married assistant keeper. But this just leads to his hurried departure and following the untimely demise of her uncle, Meredith is left alone with the very unforthcoming Fleet.
South Solitary is a gentle comic romance about the great human need for companionship.
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