Jasper Jones
Director: Rachel Perkins
Producers: Vincent Sheehan, David Jowsey
Writer: Shaun Grant
Cast: Levi Miller, Kevin Long, Toni Collette, Aaron McGrath, Nandalie Campbell Killick, Dan Wyllie, Matt Nable, Wilson Moore, Luke Hewitt, Cooper Van Grootel, Jack Kilrain, Jesse Callaghan, Igor Sas, Angourie Rice, Susan Prior, Myles Pollard, Ron Ashton, Alexandra Jones, Howard Evans, Gabrielle Chan, Ferdinand Hoang, David Cowell, Hugo Weaving, Sam Longley, Steve Turner, Julia Moody, Toni Dearle
Adapted from Craig Silvey’s best-selling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and Aaron McGrath, Jasper Jones is the story of Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14 living in a small town in Western Australia.
In the dead of night during the scorching summer of 1969, Charlie is startled when he is woken by local mixed-race outcast Jasper Jones outside his window. Jasper leads him deep into the forest and shows him something that will change his life forever, setting them both on a dangerous journey to solve a mystery that will consume the entire community.
In an isolated town where secrecy, gossip and tragedy overwhelm the landscape, Charlie faces family breakdown, finds his first love and discovers what it means to be truly courageous.
2015, NR, Australia, Drama, English, 101 minutes
Florida Premiere
