Short storyline
Summer Coda is the striking debut feature film by writer/director Richard Gray. Rachael Taylor (Cedar Boys) plays Heidi, a young woman who has travelled from her home in Nevada, USA to Mildura in country Victoria, Australia. Arriving just in time to attend the funeral of her father, whom see hasn’t seen since she was 7-years-old, Heidi finds companionship in Michael (Alex Dimitriades, Head On) a local orange grower who plays hosts to an eclectic group of travelling fruit pickers each year. What unravels is a gentle and extremely engaging story about a pair of immensely likeable people who are able to find solace from their respective pain through their growing unspoken attraction for one another.
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Runtime: Australia: 108 min
Release Date: 21 October 2010 (Australia)
Country: Australia
Box office: Budget: AUD 1,000,000 (estimated)