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Direct from successful screenings at the Melbourne International Film Festival we are pleased to present the "blazing debut feature" (The Curb) of Director David Vincent Smith on Wednesday, 16 October at Luna Cinemas Leederville. David Vincent Smith will attend a live-in cinema Q&A screening with some of the cast. Arrival 6.00pm. Film starts 6.30pm.HE AIN’T HEAVY follows 30-year-old JADE (Leila George) who has sacrificed the better part of her life to rescue her little brother MAX (Sam Corlett) from drug addiction. In desperation, unbeknownst to their ever-forgiving mother BEV (Greta Scacchi), Jade locks him inside the vacant rural home left by their grandparents in an attempt to “get him clean’. But when Bev arrives, a shocking discovery leads them all to reevaluate their own lives.
Animal Kingdom star Leila George rejoins her mother Greta Scacchi (The Player; Looking for Alibrandi) in this devastating Australian drama about a family riven by drug addiction.
Expanding on his short film I’m Not Hurting You, the gripping debut feature from Perth-based writer/director David Vincent Smith packs a punch because it’s informed by his own experience of navigating the trauma of addiction within his family. As is often the case when cinema bares the soul of its filmmakers – and as evidenced by He Ain’t Heavy having won four WA Screen Culture Awards, including Innovation in Narrative Feature Film and Outstanding Achievement in Performance (for Corlett) – such potent vulnerability makes for compelling viewing.
“A blazing debut feature … The rawness of Smith’s work and its honesty is disarming … As harrowing as it is human.” – The Curb
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Luna Leederville, 155 Oxford Street,Perth,WA,Australia, South Kalgoorlie
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