Dawn | 2014

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Australian Mystery Movie (Thriller) from 2014: Dawn - A woman running from a terrible truth hides out in a remote hills town with her young daughter until her past catches up with her and an impossible choice must be faced.
Dawn (2014)
Director: Christopher Houghton
Writers: Christopher Houghton, Christopher Houghton
Stars: Leeanna Walsman, John Crouch, Onor Nottle
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Country: Australia
Language: English
Release Date: 21 May 2015 (Australia)
Also Known As: Touch
Filming Locations: South Australia, Australia
Storyline:
A woman running from a terrible truth hides out in a remote hills town with her young daughter until her past catches up with her and an impossible choice must be faced.
Reivew:
"Dawn is a highly original psychological thriller. After a traumatic event, a mother, Dawn (Leeanna Walsman – Manny Lewis) is on the run with her daughter, Steph (Onor Nottle). She is pursued by a frantic ex-cop (Matt Day - Rake, Doing Time for Patsy Cline). Quite what is driving Dawn, we are initially unsure but there is a persistent sense of danger. She might be a victim but she behaves unpredictably.
This is a finely-crafted, classy production in all respects. The image-making is superb, from haunting vistas of the ancient rolling Adelaide hills of South Australia to claustrophobic scenes in interiors of cars and motel rooms.
The lead performances of Walsman and Day are magnificent and they are particularly well supported by young Nottle as the daughter and Greg Hatton as a cop. The soundtrack is varied and includes local songs which lend authenticity and help create unique moods and atmosphere.
Touch is often disturbingly dark, powerfully visceral, troubling and raunchy. It is a puzzling mystery with a powerful emotional resolution prompting comparison to the classic Australian psychological thriller, Lantana.
In Touch, an intriguing and discomfiting story about parental love is steadily and artfully unfolded with depth, sincerity and intelligence. The rendering of the emotional landscape has the ring of truth. 4 stars" Written by andrewbunney on IMDb.com
"While not an "action movie", this film maintains a high level of tension throughout, pretty much guaranteed to keep you focused the whole way through, something that is not the case with a lot of movies.
I saw it a couple of years ago, but didn't understand it, even though it's not like there is anything that is difficult to follow nor a lot of characters to keep track of or such. I believe I left it the first time thinking, so is the idea that she was just hallucinating her daughter still being alive?
After viewing it again it seems pretty clear that was indeed the story.
One thing I thought was very good about the plot was that by all appearances it was of the "violent husband obsessively tracks down fleeing wife" genre, but proved to be quite the contrary at the end.
I still don't understand what her assault of the man at the beginning of the film was about." Written by botfeeder on IMDb.com