Francis McMahon

ジョージ・クルーニーとジュリア・ロバーツ共演の話題作。20年前に離婚した元夫婦が、愛娘リリーから旅行先のバリ島で現地の彼と結婚するとの連絡を受け、急遽南国の島へ。娘のスピード婚を止めるためのミッションが始まる。

Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job.

A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.