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The Caterpillar Wish is the first product of the Australian Film Commission’s IndiVision workshop, for developing low budget independent movies.
It’s set in a small, coastal town during the winter tourist off-season. Emily (Victoria Thaine) is on the cusp of adulthood. She lives with her single mother, Susan (Susie Porter), has a relationship with a local boy, Joel (Khan Chittenden), and a friend cum father figure in Stephen (Robert Mammone), who works at the local boatshed.
Stephen’s a widower with a tragic past, and Emily’s been trying to convince her mum to go out with him. But Susan works as a topless barmaid and knows Stephen’s older sister, Elizabeth (Wendy Hughes), would disapprove and try to obstruct their relationship. Elizabeth, also the mother of Joel, has frustrations of her own. She’s trapped in a marriage with the town policeman, Carl (Philip Quast), that’s long since curdled. Carl spends more time in other women’s beds than he does with his long-suffering wife.
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