15 Amore

Australia 1998, 92 minutes
Dir. Maurice Murphy
Rating: [M]
Genres: Drama / War

Topics: Period 1940s.

Aroview: Set in the Australian hinterland during the closing months of WWII, this outlines a domestic drama of forbidden attractions with a gratifyingly light hand.

Tensions develop in a household where two Italian POWs and two German refugees are billeted, and the inconvenient realities of homefront patriotism find outlet in romance and accusation, also catching the attentions of local soldiers. Though a trifle thin, this benefits from solid performances all round and its unusual premise.

NZ International Film Festival 1999