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Unfinished Sky
BOONAH AND DISTRICT CULTURAL CENTRE TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 7PM
Filmed in and around Boonah, William McInnes stars in the Australian feature film described as a love story .jpg) with a thriller twist.
According to the Australian actor, Boonah's countryside brought something special to the film."It is different to the stereotypical Aussie country," McInnes said.
"It is pretty with its rolling hills and charm - most people would expect those living there to have not a care in the world. The movie shows a depth to that; in a way it lifts the lid on what an isolated life can be like."
McInnes said filming in Boonah was a delight."The people were fantastic and the country was just beautiful," he said.
"I got to know the bloke who ran the Australian Hotel there and he was tops. The locals all wanted to have chats about the movie."
from the Queensland Times
Unfinished Sky is the story of a widowed Australian farmer who takes in an Afghani woman who has fled from a brothel after a brutal assault.
We’re used to American adaptations of successful European films, but not so used to Australian adaptations.
Peter Duncan has transposed the Dutch box-office hit The Polish Bride to a Queensland location where the self-imposed isolation of sheepfarmer John Waldring, (William Mcinnes), is disrupted by the arrival of a bruised and battered woman who can’t speak English.
There are people searching for Tahmeena, (Monic Hendrickx). The local hotel owner Billie Brown is missing a cleaner, he says, and local cop, David Field, is particularly persistent. But John is now on the alert and protective of this woman who is gradually bringing him out of his shell.
This combination of thriller and love story is most successful with the latter. The relationship between John and Tahmeena is developed beautifully and tentatively. Monic Hendrickx, who starred in the original Dutch version, is really excellent. She’s haunting as Tahmeena and William Mcinnes who always knows how to underplay a role, does well with the introverted John.
See Boonah through a new light, through the eye of the film camera.
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