Ivan Sen's Beneath Clouds had me expecting much from this his third feature.
Ambitiously the story was written based on the people and experiences of Sen's mothers community Toomelah. He then used the community to perform in this dramatic production. Following the story of Daniel a young kid whose alcoholic father is mostly absent and whose mother sends him off to the mission drug-dealer for her supply. Daniel seeks friendship with the drug-dealers gang.
The gang is challenged when a rival dealer returns following a stint in prison.
The film would perhaps have been more successful as a documentary showing a frank and bleak picture of daily life it lacks emotional connection.
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