''Little Oberon'', directed by Kevin Carlin, is an Australian

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starring

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, which was broadcast on 18 September 2005 by

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. The movie was filmed during 2004 in and around the town of Marysville, Victoria. The township was devastated in the February 2009 bush fires of Black Saturday. Also appearing in the telemovie were

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and Peter Rowsthorn. The film is about Georgie Green (Walton) and her daughter Natasha (Byrnes, nominated for an

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) going to visit Georgie's mother, Lola (Thornton) who is dying of cancer. Thornton shaved her head for the role; and said that wearing a

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would be disrespectful to

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patients. Natasha tries to find out the identity of her father and begins to have visions of a young friend of her mother who had disappeared 16 years before. With Georgie – a witch (

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) – and family tensions high, there are settling-in problems when Georgie and Natasha decide to stay for a while.

Cast

– Lola Green *

– Georgie Green *

– Natasha Green *

Alexander Cappelli Alexander (Alex) Cappelli (born 4 October 1984) is an Australian musician/actor. Cappelli has had many acting roles on Australian television, such as a recurring guest role as Mike Pill in ''Neighbours'', Gretchen in the telemovie ''Little Ober ...

– Gresham *

Brett Climo Brett Leonard Climo (born 26 September 1964) is an Australian actor and comedian best known for his television soap opera roles, but has also appeared in films (feature-length and made-for-TV features). He is best known roles include in producti ...

– Dr. Vivian Cage *

Helen Dallimore Helen Dallimore (born 31 October 1971) is an Australian actress, known for originating the role of Glinda the Good Witch, Glinda in the West End Theatre, West End production of ''Wicked (musical), Wicked''. Early life Dallimore grew up in Oxfor ...

– Siobhan * Peter Rowsthorn – Miss Kafka *

Morgan O'Neill Morgan O'Neill (born 19 April 1973 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian writer, director, actor and producer. He is also an accomplished professional musician. Having earned an honours degree in Literature from the University of Sydney, he sub ...

– Dennis *

Samatha Reynolds ''Samatha'' (Pāli; sa, शमथ ''śamatha''; ), "calm," "serenity," "tranquillity of awareness," and ''vipassanā'' (Pāli; Sanskrit ''vipaśyanā''), literally "special, super (''vi-''), seeing (''-passanā'')", are two qualities of the ...

– Cathy Burke *

Katrina Milosevic Katrina Milosevic (born 25 April 1976) is an Australian actress who has appeared in many television programs and theatre productions, including a starring role in the prison drama series ''Wentworth''. Biography Katrina Milosevic was born in ...

– Fatima

References

External links

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Little Oberon
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