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Written and directed by Sandra Sciberras, and produced by a talented team of filmmakers, The Caterpillar Wish is one of the most engaging films I have seen this year, and showcases more than one generation of Australian talent.
At first the title might seem a little obscure. The film opens as fifteen-year-old Emily Woodbridge's (Victoria Thaine) face, with a distinct facial mole, emerges from under the warm blanket. The bedroom window is filled with early morning winter and a clunking, tinkling crystal butterfly mobile. Emily's mother, Susan (Susie Porter) is yet to wake, snuggling with the latest male schoolteacher in town.
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The loathsome middle-aged policeman (Philip Quast well-known in the United Kingdom for winning Lawrence Olivier awards for theatre work, is best known here for 17 years of Play School) trawls the after-school crossings and any other avenue for vulnerable targets. (Possibly the only flaw in his characterisation is the number of attractive women who fall for him, but maybe I don’t understand small country town boredom or have overlooked his obvious kerbside ticket-writing charm.)
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