Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
- depression
- difficult childhood
- death of father
- stop motion
- foster family
- adult animation
- death in childbirth
- broken family
- claymation
- brother sister relationship
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sarah Snook
Grace (voice)
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Gilbert (voice)
Jacki Weaver
Pinky (voice)
Magda Szubanski
Ruth Appleby (voice)
- Dominique Pinon — Percy Pudel (voice)
- Tony Armstrong — Ken (voice)
- Paul Capsis — Ian / Narelle (voice)
- Eric Bana — James the Magistrate (voice)
- Bernie Clifford — Owen Appleby (voice)
- Davey Thompson — Ben Appleby (voice)
- Charlotte Belsey — Young Grace (voice)
- Mason Litsos — Young Gilbert (voice)
- Nick Cave — Bill Clarke (voice)
- Agnes Davison — Additional Young Grace (voice)
- Daniel Agdag — Doctor (voice)
- Directed
- Adam Elliot
- Written
- Adam Elliot
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 821 ratings
- Studio
- Arenamedia, MIFF Premiere Fund
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
