THE UPSIDE

Fiction, Comedy, 76:40 min, 2009, HDV, colour, NTSC.

Synopsis

Dee (STEPHEN TAYLOR) and Jamie (XANIA KEANE) are two eccentric personalities. This is the story of the misadventures of two well-intentioned individuals who meet and fall clumsily in love.

Jamie’s insular world changes when Dee moves into the apartment close to where she keeps her trailer. The son of a desperate mother, Dee is tall and seductive. He is more timid and uncertain than Jamie. At the age of 30, Dee is finally moved to find someone for himself, with the obvious help of his mother, Janet (DOMINIQUE REMY-ROOT). When they are faced with their first meeting, the strange and secret world of Jamie becomes engaged with a more extravagant reality.

Dee’s relationship with his mother falls into complete dysfunction. Dee wants to be independent, but is unsure whether he will be able to survive without her. For this reason, when Janet informs her son that she has invited Jamie to dinner, Dee complains that she is trying to entangle Jamie into her maternal umbilical cord, along with himself.

Cast & Crew

STARRING: XANIA KEANE, STEPHEN TAYLOR, DOMINIQUE REMY-ROOT, SIMON BROWN, NIPSI BELLIAPA, MARLENE EDOYAN, JAMES MURRAY, STEPHEN DE OLIVEIRA, KIM PRANGLEY
ART DIRECTOR: MATT WEAVER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: KALE REUM
MUSIC: TRIKE
EDITOR: JIMMY BELLEMARE, GABRIEL BROWN
SOUND: STEPHEN DE OLIVEIRA
SCREENPLAY: ROBERT MURRAY
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: ROBERT MURRAY, DAMON COX
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: MAÏA NADON-CHBIB
PRODUCER: BASHAR SHBIB
DIRECTOR: GABRIEL BROWN

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