The Dry

When a man dies in a gruesome murder-suicide, his childhood friend, a policeman, returns to his hometown to face the demons of his past. The cast includes Eric Bana, Sam Corlett, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, James Frecheville, Matt Nable, Martin Dingle Wall, Eddie Baroo, John Polson, Joe Klocek, Bessie Holland, Claude Scott-Mitchell, BeBe Bettencourt. Media like Variety have given their opinions on the film: "The plot crackles along nicely with Aaron asking questions and uncovering dark secrets that suggest several townsfolk had the motive and means to commit murder. Already a juicy whodunit with a gallery of plausible suspects, ?The Dry? acquires another layer of intrigue when Ellie?s embittered father Mal (William Zappa) and her spiteful cousin Grant (Matt Nable) ignite long-simmering community suspicion that Aaron killed Ellie all those years ago. Artfully woven into the central story by editing aces Nick Meyers (?Sweet Country?) and Alexandre de Franceschi (?Lion?) are flashbacks to teenage Aaron?s (Joe Klocek) relationships with his domineering, alpha-male buddy Luke (Sam Corlett), sensitive soul Gretchen (Claude Scott-Mitchell) and the troubled Ellie. With a grainy picture quality resembling 16mm-to-35mm film blow-ups from yesteryear, these sequences deliver powerful emotion and simmering tension as divided loyalties come into play in the lead-up to Ellie?s tragic fate".

• Crime
• Drama