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Plains Empty

2005

Plains Empty

2005

  • NFSA IDS2K9EBY1
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormShort
  • Duration26 mins
  • Year2005
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

When Sam and her husband move to a remote mining camp in the desolate outback, she finds herself struggling to cope with the lonely existence. Eventually, she questions whether she is really alone.

Plains Empty infuses new life into the story of a restless spirit by setting the action in a deserted outback mining camp. When a woman is left alone on the edge of nowhere, she begins seeing visions of a ghostly young girl and starts seeking more information about her identity.

Punctuated with stunning landscape shots that emphasise Sam's sense of isolation, Beck Cole has put together a haunting and effective story.

  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

When Sam and her husband move to a remote mining camp in the desolate outback, she finds herself struggling to cope with the lonely existence. Eventually, she questions whether she is really alone.

Plains Empty infuses new life into the story of a restless spirit by setting the action in a deserted outback mining camp. When a woman is left alone on the edge of nowhere, she begins seeing visions of a ghostly young girl and starts seeking more information about her identity.

Punctuated with stunning landscape shots that emphasise Sam's sense of isolation, Beck Cole has put together a haunting and effective story.

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  • Director
    Beck Cole
    Writer
    Beck Cole
    Producer
    Kath Shelper
    Director of Photography
    Warwick Thornton
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