Director and co-producer: Nadia Tass
Writer, Cinematographer and co-producer: David Parker
Original songs: Nick Barker, Philip Judd
Original music: Philip Judd
Alana de Roma: Amy Enker
Rachel Griffiths: Tanya Enker
Ben Mendelsohn: Robert Buchanan
Nick Barker: Will Enker
Frank Gallacher: Dr Urquhart
Kerry Armstrong: Sarah Trendle
Torquil Neilson: Luke Lassiter
Suillvan Stapleton: Wayne Lassiter
Susie Porter: Anny Buchanan
Malcolm Kenard: Brian Crosgrove
Jan Friedl: Susan Hammett
Jeremy Trigatti: Zac Trendle |
From the makers of "Malcolm" and "The Big Steal" comes "Amy", a story about healing old wounds, about finding the way to communicate with the one you love, about opening up to the world again, and about bringing out your musical voice.
The film opens with a memorable MTV-style montage of a live rock-concert with the opening credits brilliantly blended into the images. We are shown a glimpse of the main characters - rock singer Will Enker (played by real-life rock star Nich Barker), his wife Tanya (Rachel Griffiths) and their daughter Amy (Alana de Roma).
Four years later, we are in an Australian outback farm, where Tanya and Amy lives with a traumatised past and Tanya's Spanish-speaking father. Feeling threatened that her deaf-mute daughter may be taken away by Welfare Officers, Tanya hurriedly leaves for the city with Amy.
Spending most of her time out wrestling with the education department, seeing specialists and looking for a job, Tanya does not plan to make friends with her neighbours in inner Melbourne. Indeed the neighbours' first impressions of the protective mother and her daughter who never speaks is that they are "aliens". Among the folks, perhaps it is Robert (Ben Mendelsohn), who loves playing his guitar and singing on his verandah, who cares least about his new neighbour. But surprisingly, it is his singing that attracts Amy's attentions.
Rachel Griffiths provide a convincing performance as the strong yet fragile Tanya. Alana de Roma is perfect for her title debut role of Amy - traumatised, yet longing for freedom. The film also has a sensational supporting cast with memorable characters.
Stay in your seats until the ending credits finish rolling for Nick Barker and Alana de Roma's beautiful duet "You and Me".
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