| Director | Peter Duncan |
|---|---|
| Genre | drama film |
| Runtime | 94 min |
| Country | Australia |
| Box office | $745,484 |
John Woldring (William McInnes), a widowed farmer in outback Australia, is living in isolation outside a small Queensland town until Tahmeena (Monic Hendrickx), a traumatised Afghan refugee, collapses near his farm. Halted by an inherent cultural and language barrier, the two reconcile their damaging pasts over the course of the film.
Suspected of having murdered his wife, John is ostracised by the local townspeople, while Tahmeena has fled the Taliban with her daughter. She has been separated from her daughter and "propertied" by Bob Potter, the corrupt local pub owner, but escaped after being brutally bashed and raped. She and John struggle to communicate, given the language barrier, and he must keep her presence a secret from the nosey neighbours and from Police Sergeant Carl Allen, who has his suspicions aroused. John and Tahmeena reconcile differences and bond over similarities in isolation. They work on a large jigsaw puzzle together, the "unfinished sky" giving the film its title. She is accepted by John's loyal dog, learns to drive the tractor and drop-kick a football. She later finds photos of an earlier John and his wife, a woman of similar appearance involved in those same activities; this sours her feelings towards him. They drive to Brisbane following a lead to her estranged daughter, which proves false and Tahmeena is distraught.
Their hesitant romantic relationship develops that night, but is interrupted by Potter and his brother Mike, who are intent on retrieving their "property", first shooting the dog. The intense conclusion involves a shoot-out in which John defends himself and Tahmeena. In the confusion Potter shoots his brother and is easily captured. Police Sergeant Allen arrives and Tahmeena recognises him as her attacker and Potter's accomplice. He gets the better of John but she strikes him from behind.
Later, John locates Tahmeena's daughter and brings her to Tahmeena in a refugee detention centre. The closing is unresolved but optimistic.