Underplayed Gems

Strange Planet (1999)

Strange Planet poster
Directed by
Emma-Kate Croghan
Genre
comedy film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
MA15+
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film follows several young people in Sydney as they navigate their relationships and personal lives over the course of a year. It shows their connections changing and their hopes shifting against the backdrop of a new millennium.

lightheartedmelancholicwistfulslow-burnintimatebittersweetunderstatedobservational

What happens

Strange Planet is a 1999 Australian dramedy film directed by Emma-Kate Croghan and starring Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner and Hugo Weaving. The film takes place in Sydney between New Year's Eve 1998 and January 2000. It was Croghan's follow up to Love and Other Catastrophes and used many of the same cast and crew. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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