Australia,
2009, 89 min
Directed by:
Adam ElliotScreenplay:
Adam ElliotComposer:
Dale CorneliusCast:
Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries, Bethany Whitmore, Christopher Massey, Julie Forsyth, Alf Klimek, Melanie Coombs (more)VOD (1)
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Mary Daisy Dinkle (voiced by Toni Collette) is a lonely 8-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Max Jerry Horovitz (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is an obese 44-year-old with Asperger s Syndrome living in the chaos of New York City. Over the course of 20 years and 2 continents, their unusual journey of friendship will explore autism, taxidermy, alcoholism, where babies come from, kleptomania, sexual differences, trust, copulating dogs, religious differences, agoraphobia and more of life s big and little surprises. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2009 - Adam Elliot (Special Mention (14plus))