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Original Debut: 12/31/2003
DVD Released: 05/11/2004

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Genre: Drama
Starring: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Matthew Dyktynski, Kate Atkinson, Lynette Curran, John Howard, Bill Young, Yumiko Tanaka

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Two diametrically opposed strangers are thrust together in a potentially life-or-death situation and, as they journey further into the Australian desert, they leave what they know about each other and themselves behind.

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