Sunday, 12 August 2012

An Australian education

33 Postcards (2011)

Directed by Pauline Chan this Australian/Chinese co-production stars Zhu Lin, Guy Pearce and Claudia Karvan. A young orphan from China looks up the man who has sponsored her education while her orphanage choir is on a trip to Australia.

This film could easily have tipped into over sentimentality but manages to straddle the line fairly well. Guy Pearce has the best character in the piece as the lonely and haunted prisoner that really holds the film together. The plot does range away from the core relationship a little too much but this is still a film that is well worth a watch.

3/5

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