The Independent (2007)

Directed by

Andrew O'Keefe, John Studley

Genre

comedy film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 25m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Australian mockumentary about a farmer who runs for state parliament to save his family farm. He is backed by a shady businessman and decides to form policies by asking the public for their opinions.

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What happens

The Independent is an Australian independent mockumentary film released in 2007, produced by Apocalypse Films. It chronicles the story of Marty Browning (Lee Mason), a man who runs for state parliament in a Victorian by-election to save his family farm, backed by a shady businessman (Tony Nikolakopoulos). He runs as an independent, but under the banner of "The Independent Party"; his plan is to form policies by asking members of the public for their opinions, thereby providing a direct public voice in parliament. (A similar purpose was held by the real-life Australian party Senator On-Line.) The film was shot in 2006, and released to a small number of cinemas on 8 November 2007 in the lead up to the 2007 Australian federal election. A national cinema launch was planned for April/May 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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