My Darling in Stirling

The Story

A contemporary and experimental musical from Greek-Australian film director Bill Mousoulis – one of Australia’s veteran independent filmmakers – My Darling in Stirling is his 11th feature in a career spanning 40 years.

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. There will be a filmmaker introduction prior to the screening and a Q&A after the film, moderated by film critic Anne Rutherford.

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

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

Rating

E

Duration

79 min

Cast

Amelie Dunda, Henry Cooper, Tina Crawford, Lisa Boothey

Director

Bill Mousoulis

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