Somewhere in the Darkness (1999)
Sometimes . . . Imagination Is All You Have
Genre : Fantasy
Runtime : 1H 34M
Director : Paul Fenech
Synopsis
In this Australian drama, a department store collapses, trapping an old man (Barry Jenkins) and a young boy (Rowan Whitt) underneath. In hopes of keeping the child calm, the man tells him a series of folk tales which teach a moral lesson while they entertain. Somewhere In The Darkness received its world premier at the 1999 Slamdance Film Festival in the United States; it was later screened at Australia's Sydney Film Festival the same year. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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