Garish Hearts

Garish Hearts

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Garish Hearts

2014

1h 30m

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Drama

Overview

An eccentric cross-section of inner-city Sydney types - a widow, a reality TV star, a teenager, a criminal and a cult leader - collide in wildly original melodrama.

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Jackson Kite

Wayne Griffin

Ela Stiles

Violet Greenaway

Jim Shirlaw

Zach Skye

Joseph Taylor

Algenon Scavener

Christopher Short

Lou Cavaliero

Carole Sharkey-Waters

Maude Le Monde

Creative team

Directed by: Jay Cruikshank
Angela Garrick
Written by: Jay Cruikshank
Angela Garrick
Produced by: Hannah Hassam

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