The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.
Dannielle Hall
Lena
Damian Pitt
Vaughn
Jenna Lee Connors
Ty
Mundurra Weldon
Liam
Wayne Dargin
Boy at Service Station
Shane Dargin
Boy at Service Station
Marshall Bell
Boy at Service Station
Athol French
Kevy
Jamalla Carr
Girl with Pram
The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.
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