Garbo (1992)

Directed by

Ron Cobb

Genre

comedy film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Australian garbagemen face competition from a corporate waste company that wants to redevelop their suburb. The story is about their efforts to protect the community they serve.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentleunderstatedcommunity-focusedquirkywarmlow-stakes

What happens

Garbo is a 1992 Australian comedy film directed by Ron Cobb. It was written by the Australian comedians Neill Gladwin and Steve Kearney with Patrick Cook from a story by Hugh Rule. Max Cullen, Moya O'Sullivan and Imogen Annesley also star. Filmed in Melbourne, the story focuses on two Australian garbagemen (garbos in Australian slang) who have to compete with a new corporate outfit which also has ambitions to redevelop parts of the suburb in which they work. The film's engagement with the simpler pleasures of community life reflects the work of Jacques Tati, who both Gladwin and Kearney admired. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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