

Beneath Clouds
2002-05-23 · 90 min · ★ 6.3
The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport. To Lena, Vaughn represents the life she is running away from. To Vaughn, Lena embodies the society that has rejected him. And for a very short amount of time, they experience a rare true happiness together.
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- Directors
- Ivan Sen
- Production companies
- Australian Film Finance Corporation, Autumn Films Pty. Ltd.
- Countries
- Australia
- Status
- Released
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