''Puppy'' is an independent Australian feature film starring
Nadia Townsend
Nadia Townsend (born 27 November 1979) is an Australian actress and film dramaturge. She portrayed Allie Kingston in the Channel 7 police drama, ''City Homicide'', from 2009 to 2011. In 2009 she appeared in the United States produced science ...
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Bernard Curry
Bernard Curry (born 27 March 1974) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Jake Stewart in Wentworth, Luke Handley in Neighbours and Hugo Austin in Home and Away.
Career
Curry first appeared in ''Neighbours'' in 1995 as Luke Handle ...
, Sally Bull, and Terence Donovan. The film was written and directed by Irish-born, Australian
Kieran Galvin, who also directed the short films: ''The Burning Boy, Mono-Winged Angel, Contact'' and ''Other People''. He also wrote the exploitational thriller ''
Feed,'' (Dir.
Brett Leonard
Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as ''The Lawnmower Man'' (1992) and ''Virtuosity'' (1995) feature ...
) both ''Puppy'' and ''Feed'' were produced by
Melissa Beauford.
Plot
Attempting suicide, sultry but down-on-her-luck swindler Liz (Nadia Townsend) is rescued by lonely tow truck driver Aiden (Bernard Curry). But instead of rushing her to the hospital, Liz's savior abducts her to his remote farmhouse, convinced that she is the wife who abandoned him years earlier. Cut off from civilization, kept prisoner and guarded day and night by vicious attack dogs, Liz realizes she must rely on her skills as a con artist to talk her way out of this hostage situation. In the satiric tradition of ''Misery, Buffalo 66, Secretary'' and ''Black Snake Moan'' comes this captivating black comedy about the ties that bind.
Cast
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Nadia Townsend
Nadia Townsend (born 27 November 1979) is an Australian actress and film dramaturge. She portrayed Allie Kingston in the Channel 7 police drama, ''City Homicide'', from 2009 to 2011. In 2009 she appeared in the United States produced science ...
as Liz
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Bernard Curry
Bernard Curry (born 27 March 1974) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Jake Stewart in Wentworth, Luke Handley in Neighbours and Hugo Austin in Home and Away.
Career
Curry first appeared in ''Neighbours'' in 1995 as Luke Handle ...
as Aiden
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Terence Donovan as Dr. Holden
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Deniz Akdeniz as Omar
External links
Official movie websiteDirector's website
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2005 films
Australian comedy horror films
2000s English-language films
2000s Australian films
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