Burning Man (film)
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Jonathan Teplitzky
Bojana Novakovic
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| Directed by | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Written by | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Produced by | Andy Paterson Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Starring | Matthew Goode Bojana Novakovic |
| Cinematography | Garry Phillips |
| Edited by | Martin Connor |
| Music by | Lisa Gerrard |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1] Transmission Films[1] |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Burning Man is a 2011 Australian drama film written and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.[2][3]
Burning Man tells the story of Tom (Matthew Goode), a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have chosen to disobey his boss, and his actions are tolerated by everyone around him. As Tom descends into darkness from a car crash in his Volkswagen, pieces of a different story start to emerge. Every woman around him tries, in different ways, to help Tom put himself back together.
Cast
- Matthew Goode as Tom
- Bojana Novakovic as Sarah
- Essie Davis as Karen
- Rachel Griffiths as Miriam
- Kerry Fox as Sally
- Anthony Hayes as Brian
- Jack Heanly as Oscar
- Kate Beahan as Lesley
- Gia Carides as Carol
- Marta Dusseldorp as Lisa
- Robyn Malcolm as Kathryn
- Garry McDonald as Dr Burgess
- Daniel Wyllie as Darren
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 74%.[4]
Fiona Williams of SBS awarded the film four stars out of five, observing that the film is an "experiential kaleidoscope of sex, love, and the numbing nihilism that accompanies a traumatic event." She also notes that "Burning Man manages to bring energy, originality and depth to a storyline that is itself something of a trope: ‘The Cancer Film’."[5]