Jackie and his father return from a duck shooting trip to find his mother preparing to leave home with a young Air Force officer. She tells Jackie that she wants “a less domestic life”. Jackie doesn’t really understand what has happened but he knows that these things do happen and that life goes on somehow. “… I thought to myself that my life had turned … it was something that happened
to you - I knew that - and it happened to me in this way now.” Based on the short story by Richard Ford.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1006922
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
MPEG-2 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
Digital Betacam; Master
Digital Betacam; Sub-master
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan