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''My Mother Frank'' is a 2000 Australian film.


Plot

David Kennedy (
Matthew Newton Matthew Joseph Newton (born January 22, 1977) is an Australian actor, writer, and director, and son of TV personalities Bert Newton, Bert and Patti Newton. His acting career was interrupted by treatment in a psychiatric unit for bipolar disor ...
) is preparing to go to university. His mother, Frank (
Sinéad Cusack Sinéad Moira Cusack ( ) is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and ''Evening Standard'' Awards f ...
) is a widow and has very little social life. David tells her that she should get out more and much to his surprise, Frank enrolls at the same university. Frank falls for her poetry tutor (
Sam Neill Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. Neill's near-50 year career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one o ...
), who hates mature students. David falls for his best friend's girlfriend (
Rose Byrne Mary Rose Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut in the film ''Dallas Doll'' (1994), and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She obtained her first leading film role i ...
), who isn't interested in the least.


Awards

* Nominated for Best Original Screenplay by the Australian Film Institute (Mark Lamprell) * Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role by the Australian Film Institute (Sam Neill) * Won ASSG Soundtrack of the Year from the Australian Screen Sound Guild (multiple nominees) * Won Best Achievement in Sound for Dialogue & ADR Editing for a Feature Film from the Australian Screen Sound Guild (multiple nominees) * Won Best Achievement in Sound for Foley for a Feature Film from the Australian Screen Sound Guild (multiple nominees) * Won Most Popular Feature Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival (Mark Lamprell) * Won Viewers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Film at the
Temecula Valley International Film Festival The Temecula Valley International Film Festival is a film festival held in Temecula Valley, California. Background Launched in September 1995 and held, uninterrupted every September until 2011 (later to relaunch in 2014), the festival proclaims i ...
(Mark Lamprell)


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My Mother Frank
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