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Homesdale (1971)

Homesdale poster
Directed by
Peter Weir
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Australia
Runtime
50 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Guests at a remote guest house participate in increasingly violent and strange fantasies and games orchestrated by the staff. The film follows these visitors as they act out their private obsessions.

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What happens

Homesdale is a 1971 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. Homesdale is a black comedy about visitors at a guest house acting out their violent private fantasies and games under the control of the house staff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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