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Surfing instructor Damo (Brenton Prince) has only recently saved college
girl Lana (Anrijka Larcombe-Weate) from drowning, a girl who has since
become his fiancée, and today he's honoured as a hero in townhall. From
the carpark of townhall, cleaner Renee (Jacki Mison) gets a glimpse of
Damo - and immediately has a nervous breakdown. This doesn't escape the
attention of courier Aleki (Larrence Ola), a good-natured simpleton who
might be flawed but his heart is definitely in the right place. So he
calms down Renee, and lets him tell her her story - thing is, not long
ago, Damo has sexually assaulted Renee, and she has been tramatized ever
since, so traumatized that she couldn't even go to the police to tell her
story. Rightous as he is, Aleki confronts Damo with this story right at
his ceremony, and when he's led out by security, he confronts him in the
car park, right in front of Lana. For the longest time though, Damo
tries to deny everything, and Lana believes him, he only lets his guard
down for a moment when it's revealed back when Renee was working as a
stripper and Damo ordered her from the internet and Damo tries to downplay
it as Renee's "just a whore." But right when the seeds of doubt are sown,
enter Heather (Bodelle de Ronde), who has a bone to pick with Lana - a
bone that sheds a whole different light on her relationship with Damo ...
Now above synopsis might make Strangers in a Car Park
sound like a straight-forward thriller - which the film actually is not,
rather it's an ensemble piece driven by strong and colourful characters
who all have well-constructed and executed arcs, a story that has a
certain lightness to it despite its very serious theme thanks to a
cleverly wtritten script consisting of plenty of flashbacks to carve out a
narrative whole and give both characters and story the right kind of
depth. And add to this a rock-solid cast and a suitably laid back
directorial effort, and you've got yourself a very worthwhile film.
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