Broken Highway

Broken Highway (1993)

Broken Dreams, Broken Hearts

In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heaved out of its doldrums when a pair of mysterious strangers come visiting. In the beginning of the film, Angel is traveling with his friend Max on a ship to Honeyfield, a town on the coast of Australia. He is coming home to die. Instead, he dies on board the ship, willing his boots to Angel, and an unopened package to someone called "The Dead Man," in Honeyfield. Also on the ship is a man named Tatts, a far less pleasant personality. When Angel gets off to head into Honeyfield, Tatts decides to follow along unseen. The package, Angel was told, contains something its intended recipient has been looking for without knowing it. On finding the recipient, a mean-spirited old man who is more or less the boss and owner of the town, he learns that the package contains opium.

Date of release
1993-06-02
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama
Director
Laurie McInnes

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$18.3K
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 5

Broken Highway is a 1993 Australian drama film directed by Laurie McInnes. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Production

Laurie McInnes made the short film Palisade which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. She got development money from the Australian Film Commission to write a script. The film was shot from 25 May to 10 July 1992.

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