Contemporary Melbourne. Winnie (Tilda Cobram-Harvey) runs a struggling underground bookshop with her activist boyfriend Conrad (Josh McConville) while looking after her younger brother Stevie (Chris Bunton). When Conrad becomes entangled in a terrorist plot, and is under-surveillance by the police, Winnie and Stevie’s world is upended, caught in an unexpected collision of inept anarchists, ambitious police and a corrupt politician.
Jonathan Ogilvie’s intriguing political thriller drops Joseph Conrad’s classic novel The Secret Agent into a modern Australian setting where we are all under surveillance, tracked and identified. And both Big Brother and little brother are watching us!
MA 15
99 min
Hugo Weaving, Marlon Williams, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Curry, Chris Bunton, Josh McConville, Diana Glenn
Jonathan Ogilvie