Commentious

2011, 45 minutes

This complex and emotive mini feature film explores whether cycles of abuse and prostitution can be broken.

Jane Hollings is a single mum and a junkie who abuses her 17-year-old streetwise schoolgirl daughter, Michelle. Michelle gradually discovers her mother’s secrets and runs away from home where she is found and kept by the enigmatic John Walker, whose dubious past slowly becomes clear. Michelle fights for her rights and her freedom in an attempt to prevent herself from becoming like her mother.