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Shifting Sands - My Bed Your Bed: Startled away
Title:
Shifting Sands - My Bed Your Bed: Startled away
NFSA ID
370994
Year
1998
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Della (Ursula Yovich) sits on the floor next to a guitar. Alvin (Trevor Jamieson) comes home, and quietly attempts to get on the swag with his promise wife. He climbs onto the swag beside her ever so carefully. Della stirs, startling Alvin, who disappears from the room with his guitar.
Summary by Romaine Moreton
The contemporary idea of a promise marriage being played out as a romantic comedy is a beautiful concept. The shy evasive promise husband, who attempts to avoid the advances of his wife to be, is essentially the story of two strangers attempting to get to know each other.
My Bed Your Bed Synopsis
A young couple promised in marriage to each other as children, now move in together and the courtship truly begins.
My Bed Your Bed Curator's Notes
A short romantic drama from Erica Glynn that uses the power of silence to communicate the tension between two characters who have been promised to each other.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
Production company
Chili Films
Producer
Penny McDonald
Supervising producer
Graeme Isaac
Director
Erica Glynn
Writer
Erica Glynn
Cast
Trevor Jamieson, Ursula Yovich
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