Somersault (2004) on Netflix
Heidi, fifteen, flees her Canberra home after her mother catches her with her mother's boyfriend. In a Snowy Mountains ski town, the man she hoped would help her denies knowing her.
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- IMDb6.7/108,688 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes84%
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Plot summary
Heidi is fifteen and adrift in a ski town in the Snowy Mountains after leaving Canberra, where her mother caught her with her mother's boyfriend. She telephones a man she remembers as helpful, but his wife answers and he says he does not know her. Alone, she moves between bars and shops asking for help until Joe buys her a drink and gives her somewhere to sleep. The next morning Irene, who manages the motel, lets her stay, then moves her into her son's empty flat. Heidi finds work at a petrol station to pay rent and becomes friends with Bianca, a co-worker.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Somersault (2004)
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- Somersault made history at the 2004 AFI Awards, held on 29 October at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, by winning all 13 categories in which it was nominated, including Best Direction for Cate Shortland and Best Actress for Abbie Cornish.
- Somersault premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it screened in the Un Certain Regard section and was the only Australian feature film at the festival that year.
