Cannes, France — This intriguing and unconventional drama from Australia follows the misadventures of a teenage runaway as she experiments with using sex to improve her precarious circumstances.
Newcomer Abbie Cornish is a revelation of empathy and dramatic transparency in a role riddled with moral landmines.
“Somersault” is a refreshing cautionary tale that makes its points without pandering, preaching, exploiting or judging its tragically flawed protagonist.
Writer/director Cate Shortland exerts a keen eye for atmospheric detail, and narrative, subtlety to create layers of escalating dramatic tension.
You go girl.
Not Rated. 136 mins.
