Ritz Cinemas

"A dream film, a bittersweet celebration of ordinary life."- Frankie Kanatas, Senses of Cinema

We’re excited to host the Sydney Premiere of the new Aussie feature film My Darling in Stirling, a contemporary and experimental musical. There will be an introduction and a post-screening Q&A with director Bill Mousoulis.

The film is a low-budget community effort, highlighting the town of Stirling situated in the Adelaide Hills. A fairy-tale but realist musical, where every line is sung, it is a joyful but also melancholic film, about lost innocence.

A young woman, Emma (Amelie Dunda), studying at university and living at home with her mother and brother in the Adelaide suburbs, falls in love with a cafe waiter Nick (Henry Cooper), who lives and works in the town of Stirling in the Adelaide Hills. Entranced by the man and the town, she begins to feel a sense of excitement and vitality in her life.

My Darling in Stirling is inspired by the all-singing 1964 film directed by Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

"The film has compact eloquence, stylistic finesse and emotional force."- Adrian Martin, Film Critic: Adrian Martin

Only on Wednesday 16 October, 7pm. Tickets on sale now.