They're a Weird Mob (1966)

Directed by

Michael Powell

Genre

comedy film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Italian journalist moves to Australia to write about the country and its people. He finds work as a builder and tries to fit in with the local culture.

lightheartedplayfulwarmcomedicobservationalmildamusingeasygoing

What happens

They're a Weird Mob is a 1966 Australian comedy film directed by Michael Powell and starring Walter Chiari, Chips Rafferty and Claire Dunne. It was written by Richard Imrie (a pseudonym for Emeric Pressburger) based on the 1957 novel of the same title by John O'Grady under the pen name "Nino Culotta", the name of the main character of the book. It was the penultimate collaboration of British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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