Director Alena Lodkina
Starring Kate Cheel, Justin Courtin, Daniel P. Jones
Rated MA
Score 5/6

Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond.

Alright, it did feel a little odd watching this one at home on my laptop, considering the distributors of Strange Colours are trying to get more Australian movies in the cinemas.

For those of you who might not know Director Alena Lodkina won funding for Strange Colours through the Venice Biennale College Cinema scheme.
Strange Colours did seem to have something of a slow start, though the opening few moments where very striking going from the vast openness of space and the outback of Lightning Ridge to the confines of an opal mine.
I hadn’t come across the work of anybody involved with the filming of Strange Colours before. Judging by the performances of the actors it was clear that its early days with their careers and I hope that I will come across them again in future movies or television series. I enjoyed Daniel P Jones’s performance, particularly the moments where his character was cast in Milena’s eyes of being a human and not just a parent. Kate Cheel gave a good performance and I hope that I will come across more of her work.
I will admit that I found that it was difficult at times to understand the accent of the locals and I found that if I wasn’t paying complete attention that I could not understand them.
The soundtrack seemed different compared to the soundtrack that you would expect for other dramas. I felt that it was a little more understated and it wasn’t trying to take you by the hand and tell you how you supposed to feel in a given scene. I also liked how at the start of the movie the sounds of the outback at night