Mary Daisy Dinkle is eight years old and her eyes are the colour of a murky pond. Her favourite food is condensed milk, followed a very close second by chocolate. She’d like to have a friend who’s not made of shells, branches or chicken bones.
Max Jerry Horowitz is a lonely, severely obese 44 year-old Jewish atheist living in New York who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome and is a chocolate, lottery and National Geographic addict. He wants to have a friend who’s not invisible, an animal or a plastic figurine.
This is the tale of an epistolary relationship lasting over 20 years of correspondence. It’s the story of a friendship directed by the Australian Adam Elliot, the man behind the short film trilogy: Uncle (1996), Cousin (1998) and Brother (1999); and Harvie Krumpet (2003), winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
| Year: | 2009 |
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| Origin: | Australia |
| Direction: | Adam Elliot |
| Production: | Melanie Coombs / Melodrama Pictures, Film Victoria, SBS Television Australia, Adirondack Pictures |
| Script: | Adam Elliot |
| Photography: | Gerald Thompson |
| Mounting: | Bill Murphy |
| Voces: | Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore |
| Lenght: | 92 min. |
| Contact: | Icon Entertainment International |
| Tfno: | 44 20 84 92 63 00 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Web: | www.iconmovies.net |