The Caterpillar Wish

Infobox Film
name = The Caterpillar Wish


caption = Promotional poster for "The Caterpillar Wish".
director = Sandra Sciberras
producer = Zelda Rosembaum
Kate Whitbread
Antonio Zeccola
writer = Sandra Sciberras
starring = Victoria Thaine
Susie Porter
Philip Quast
composer = Burkhard von Dallwitz (as Burkhard Dallwitz)
cinematography = Greig Fraser
editing = Jason Ballantine
distributor = Palace Films
released = June 15, 2006
runtime = 100 min.
country = Australia
language = English
budget = AUD $1,400,000
imdb_id = 0454096|

"The Caterpillar Wish" (also known as "Caterpillar Wish") is a 2006 Australian coming-of-age film, directed by Sandra Sciberras and starring and ensemble cast including Victoria Thaine, Susie Porter and Philip Quast. It was filmed in and around Robe, South Australia. "The Caterpillar Wish" was released in Australia on 15 June 2006.

Tagline: This winter, one wish will change everything.

Cast

Plot

A sleepy seaside town, in winter.

Emily, a seventeen-year-old schoolgirl, lives with her mother Susan. Emily never knew her father. According to her mother, he was a “tom cat” - a tourist who wandered into town one summer and was never seen again.

Susan is struggling to forget the past. She hasn’t spoken to her fervently religious parents for years, not since she shamed the family by falling pregnant at fifteen.

Emily actively pursues a friendship with father-figure Stephen, who spends his days fixing boats at the harbour. But Stephen has his own troubles, constantly haunted by the past, unable to keep the loss of his wife and baby daughter from his thoughts.

Stephen’s sister Elizabeth is married to the town policeman Carl. Elizabeth suspects Carl is being unfaithful but is scared to uncover the truth. Her son Joel has a secret love of his own.

When a Bible turns up with an intriguing inscription, Emily is the first to realise that hoping for change is not enough.

Awards

Won:
*2006 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Susie Porter)

See also

* South Australian Film Corporation
*Robe

External links

* [http://www.thecaterpillarwish.com "The Caterpillar Wish" official web site]
*imdb title|title=Caterpillar Wish|id=0454096
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=698530;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Caterpillar Wish at the National Film and Sound Archive]