Sunset Country

Sunset Country

2021 · 14 min

On a scorching hot weekend in rural Victoria - love, loss and grief culminate leaving an aging father and his daughter to contemplate his impending mortality.

Directed by Petra Leslie · Written by Petra Leslie

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