| Director | Mary Callaghan |
|---|---|
| Budget | $797,977 |
| Box office | A$40,000 |
In late 1980s Sydney, Mitchell Leigh (nicknamed Mitch) is a young woman living in a run-down Manly apartment building when she falls for the mischievous and charming Rex Reeson, fresh out of jail. Their relationship is loving and sweet but turbulent, as both struggle with clashing personalities and backgrounds.
While Mitchell works in a hair salon and attempts to make a life for herself and Rex, she becomes frustrated with his immaturity and tendency to fall back into criminal offending. Meanwhile their mutual friend Gayle, who grew up with Rex in state care and now divides her time between sex work and shifts at the salon with Mitchell, finds herself in a clearly violent and toxic abusive relationship. As Mitchell supports her through it, she wonders about the nature of her own more ambiguous relationship with Rex.
Eventually, Rex finds himself in jail again and Mitchell continues to support him. When he escapes shortly before the end of his sentence, Mitchell visits him as he hides out from the police in a Kings Cross hotel room and angrily confronts him about his reckless behaviour. Meanwhile, an unrelated siege is taking place which leads the police to block off the area.
Rex and his criminal friends then decide to leave Sydney and head for the North Coast. Mitchell appears to be joining them, but then gets out of the car at the last minute as they approach a police checkpoint. They share a final tender moment together and part on good terms before Mitch walks away.
As the film ends, she watches from a distance as Rex gets out of the car and speaks briefly to a police officer - who then removes a barricade, allowing them to drive on.