Kangaroo Island is a quietly powerful Australian debut that explores family, grief and belonging

There’s a pretty funny “in joke” in the opening scenes of the new Australian film Kangaroo Island.

Shortly after we meet Lou Wells (played by Rebecca Breeds) – an ex-pat Australian actor trying to make her Hollywood dream come true in Los Angeles – we learn her only real success to date has been playing a dubious character in a popular TV soap drama.

The joke, in case you missed it, is that Breed’s real-life launching pad was Home & Away. Although, if her performance in this film (along with her lead role in the 2021 series Clarice)…

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