''Talking Back At Thunder'' is a 2014 Australian

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film directed by Este Heyns and Aaron Davison, written by Aaron Davison, and starring

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as the film's antagonist.

Plot

All is good for Jacob. A

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by trade, he has a job he enjoys, and a fiancé whom he loves. He’s the quintessential, everyday man living his life in a provincial coastal Queensland town. A veritable bomb soon shatters his path by way of an old demon from his childhood. Surrounding lush cane fields turn to icy tundra, as Jacob tries to cope with the crippling

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and haunting trauma that he’s managed to suppress over the years. Facing his biggest task yet, he is forced to tackle these issues before they swamp him and ruin his life. Set with Northern Australia’s

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country as its backdrop, Talking Back At Thunder delves fearlessly into the barely-lit cavern that is

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, and rage in the everyday Aussie male.

Cast

as Phillips * Melanie Zanetti as Kyra * Kerith Atkinson as Dr. Wilson * Aaron Davison as Jacob * Nelle Lee as Tennielle * Peter Marshall as Barry

Production

The film was shot over four weeks, and set in

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Reception

''Talking Back at Thunder'' was selected into the

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Independent Film Festival,

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Film Festival.

Accolades

Release

''Talking Back at Thunder'' came out on VOD via film streaming platform, Ozflix.tv on 26 January 2017.Ozflix Page for Talking Back at Thunder
Retrieved 20 February 2017

External links

*
Official Site

References

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