Bondi Tsunami (2004)

Directed by

Rachael Lucas

Genre

comedy film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Young Japanese tourists travel to Australia on working holiday visas looking for sun and surf. The film follows their road trip through extended music montages and poetic reflections, with most dialogue in Japanese.

meditativequirkyplayfulnostalgiclaid-backdreamlikefunkyoffbeat

What happens

Bondi Tsunami is a 2004 Australian comedy-drama film written directed by Rachael Lucas, inspired by young Japanese tourists who come to Australia on working holiday visas in search of sun and surf. The film plays as a road movie about Japanese surfing culture, told through a series of extended montages set to music, interspersed with poetic zen musings. Much of the film's dialogue is in Japanese, with little English spoken despite the Australian setting. The movie was billed as "The first Japanese surfing road movie in Australia." Although unable to secure an official cinema release due to its limited appeal, the film has attracted a cult following based on its controversial style. Two scenes from the Bondi Tsunami were adapted into separate short films, with Beach Route winning the 2003 Port Macquarie Short Film Festival and Gunja Men Ahead in the official selection at the International New York Short Film Festival in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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