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EXCLUSIVE DIRECTOR Q&A SCREENING

Tuesday, May 19
Luna Leederville

Don't miss your chance to see this pitch-black generational satire of Australia's housing crisis which sold out Perth Festival! Join us for an exclusive Q&A screening with WA director Zoe Pepper. This outrageous and hilarious comedic thriller was shot in WA and premiered at Tribeca before heading to Cinefest OZ, Perth Festival, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne International Film Festivals.

After an eviction, a son and his pregnant wife refuse to leave his parents’ home in this biting satire about intergenerational wealth. A breakthrough Aussie dark comedy debut.

Newly evicted and jobless, 30-something Cory (Travis Jeffery) and his heavily pregnant wife, Jasmine (Maria Angelico), have no choice but to move into his childhood home – but just until they get back on their feet, of course. But this temporary measure slowly becomes a parasitic imposition on Cory’s baby-boomer parents (Michael Hurst and Linda Cropper), with absurd and ludicrous consequences. Cory is determined to prove that he can earn his stripes as “man of the house” – even if that house isn’t his.

Sharp and farcical, Western Australian director Zoe Pepper’s transition from stage to screen is a twisted take on privilege, the housing crisis, and a disillusioned generation that hits very close-to-home indeed.

Screening at Luna Leederville and Luna on SX from May 21.