CLOUDBURST – the award winning romantic comedy about life, love and marriage equality hits screens around the country this week after sell out seasons in festivals world wide. Session Times are available at www.cloudburstmovie.com.au for those in Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart and Perth.
If you’re in Sydney and Brisbane and would like to see this film programmed then head to www.facebook.com/cloudburstthemovie and register your vote today! With a little luck you’ll be seeing it in no time.
The film stars academy award winners Olympia Dukakis (Stella) and Brenda Fricker (Dot) who have been together for 31 years, faithfully accompanying one another through life’s ups and downs. Now in their seventies and with Dot legally blind, they make a bold decision when Dot’s granddaughter Molly decides to intervene in their lives.
Forced to become outlaws, Stella and Dot hit the road to Nova Scotia, Canada to get legally married. Along the way, they pick up young hitchhiker Prentice, on his way home to see his dying mother. Prentice has much to learn from Stella and Dot as they wage their unexpected battle, struggling to keep their family together after three decades.
Winner of 30 Best Picture Awards and the Opening Night Film of the 2012 Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
“Olympia Dukakis in a force-of-nature performance” The Coast Weekly
“Wickedly Funny” South African Citizen
“I’m still grinning from ear to ear after seeing Cloudburst!” Guy Spy Vancouver
American-Canadian writer and director Thom Fitzgerald