Opal Dream

  • 103'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2005
Opal Dream is a genuine family film, set in today's Australia and based on Ben Rice's novella Pobby and Dingan. The film explains how the unshakeable faith of a child has great consequences for a community that does not yet want to surrender itself to the richness of the imagination. Kellyane, the lonely daughter of miner Rex and his wife Annie, gets a mysterious disease. When her two invisible friends, Pobby and Dingan, suddenly fail to turn up any more, this illness slowly makes her disappear. The parents and brother are at first fairly impatient with the vivid imagination of their little daughter and sister, but then are forced to take action. In an attempt to meet her halfway, her father goes looking for the two friends in a mine. He is arrested on suspicion of theft. It is then up to brother Ashmol to overcome his own scepticism so he can find Pobby and Dingan. It's not easy to trace the two missing creatures; you have to be a specific person to do that. Ashmol wants to save his little sister and the reputation of his father, and perseveres. Despite the resistance of the inhabitants of the small town, the quest for Kellyane's little friends turns into a humourous and emotional rite of passage for everyone. It is abundantly clear: you don't have to see to be able to believe. (EH)
  • 103'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2005
Director
Peter Cattaneo
Countries of production
United Kingdom, Australia
Year
2005
Festival Edition
IFFR 2006
Length
103'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producers
BBC Films, Academy productions ltd., Sherman Pictures, Lizzy Gower, Nick Morris, Emile Sherman
Sales
Becker Films International
Screenplay
Peter Cattaneo, Ben Rice, Phil Traill, based upon the novella by Ben Rice
Cinematography
Robert Humphreys
Editor
Jim Clark
Production Design
Elizabeth Mary Moore
Sound Design
Toivo Lember
Cast
Vince Colosimo, Jaqueline McKenzie
Local Distributor
A-Film Distribution
Director
Peter Cattaneo
Countries of production
United Kingdom, Australia
Year
2005
Festival Edition
IFFR 2006
Length
103'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producers
BBC Films, Academy productions ltd., Sherman Pictures, Lizzy Gower, Nick Morris, Emile Sherman
Sales
Becker Films International
Screenplay
Peter Cattaneo, Ben Rice, Phil Traill, based upon the novella by Ben Rice
Cinematography
Robert Humphreys
Editor
Jim Clark
Production Design
Elizabeth Mary Moore
Sound Design
Toivo Lember
Cast
Vince Colosimo, Jaqueline McKenzie
Local Distributor
A-Film Distribution