'Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Henwick) who are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ‘The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar Owner Billy (Weaving) and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but things turn nasty when their jokes and behaviour cross the line. Soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.'
Source: Screen Australia press release.
One of the Guardian Australia’s 10 Australian films to look out for in 2023.
'Midway through the Australian gothic classic Wake in Fright, the leading man peels off from one of many manic, beer-fuelled brodowns in order to seek out the company of the woman of the house.'
'Midway through the Australian gothic classic Wake in Fright, the leading man peels off from one of many manic, beer-fuelled brodowns in order to seek out the company of the woman of the house.'
