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The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
Sixteen-year-old Mars wants more from her life than just a fistful of flies which, to her, is a fistful of nothing. Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relationships with the people who truly understand her, Mars battles her family on her own, and in her quest to be treated as a grown-up she gives her mother the courage to act and forces her father to make the choice of his life. A story about how a young girl finally finds the courage to have faith in herself.
Moffatt was the first Australian to exhibit at the gallery and her exhibition, Free-Falling, from October 1997 to June 1998, took the New York art world by storm. "Moffatt explains her influences and intellectual themes, she gives our camera exclusive insight into her thoughts and her daily dealings in New York. Gradually the viewer pieces together her fascinating narratives and come to understand her world and her vision." - Jane Cole.
