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Primary cast members included Lola Marceli (Lola), Alice Ansara (Lucia), Lourdes Bartolomé (Manola), Silvio Ofria (Bruno), Simon Palomares (Ricardo), Helen Thomson (Wendy), Gabriella Maselli (Maria), and Alex Dimitriades (Stefano).
Release Dates:
Premiered 20 September 2001.
Location:
Filmed at the Caltex Refinery, Kurnell, New South Wales, as well as studio shooting in Sydney.
Post Production:
Omnilab (video post-production).
Awards:
AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (won), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Costume Design (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Sound (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Editing (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Production Design (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role [Alice Ansara] (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role [Lola Marceli] (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated), 2001.
AFI Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2001.
FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Female [Alice Ansara] (nominated), 2001.
FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Music Score (nominated), 2001.
IF Award, Best Sound Design (won), 2001.
IF Award, Best Editing (won), 2001.
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, Audience Award (won), 2002.
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, Award of Independent Cinema Owners (won), 2002.
