Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Duration: 96'
red hill The young cop Shane Cooper and his wife Alice have moved to Red Hill, an isolated town in Australia. Alice is pregnant and the two intend to start their new family life there. But when the news of a prison breakout throws the local police force into a panic, Shane’s first day in service turns into a nightmare. Jimmy Conway, a murderer who was convicted to life in prison, has escaped and returned to town in search of revenge. Shane, overwhelmed by what is rapidly turning into a terrifying bloodbath, is forced to take control of the situation in order to survive. “I’ve always felt Australia was ripe for a modern-day western; Red Hill is my tribute to the western genre. It’s about revenge, redemption and sacrifice. The character of Jimmy Conway is a representation of our dark colonial past. Over the years many stories have been told of the injustices suffered by Australia’s indigenous community, but few had given them a voice of revenge. I felt it was about time.”
Biography
film director
Patrick Hughes
Patrick Hughes (Sidney, Australia, 1978) studied film and television at the Victoria College of the Arts in Sidney. He then worked essentially as a director of commercials and made a few shorts. In 2008 he wrote and directed the short Signs on commission; the film won first prize at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Red Hill is his first feature film.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
The Darkening and Truth or the Morning After (cm, 1996), The Director (cm, 1999), The Lighter (cm, 2001), Signs (cm, 2008), Red Hill (2010).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, montaggio/director, screenplay, film editing
Patrick Hughes
fotografia/cinematography
Tim Hudson
scenografia/production design
Enzo Iacono
costumi/costume design
Nicola Dunn
musica/music
Dmitri Golovko
suono/sound
Frank Lipson
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ryan Kwanten (Shane Cooper), Steve Bisley (Old Bill), Tom E. Lewis (Jimmy Conway), Claire van der Boom (Alice Cooper), Christopher Davis (Slim), Kevin Harrington (Barlow), Richard Sutherland (Manning), Cliff Ellen (Gleason), John Brumpton (Rex), Ken Radley (Earl)
produttori/producers
Patrick Hughes, Al Clark
produzione/production
Hughes House Films
vendita all’estero/world sales
Arclight Films
