A melodrama in the best traditions of the old good days with historical retrospective reviews and psychological reflections.
The film narrates about quite different fates of four men inseparably bound together.
Old Cliff Kirby suffers from Alzheimer's sclerosis. The disease has come to a critical phase. The old man doesn't differ the present from the past and lives in his reminiscences, where the Second World War and his first love were left.
Cliff's disease gathers his sons, each of them lives for a long time the own life and fights with the own demons.
Martin is still taking hard his failure in the musician career.
Alex, an architect, is ready to sacrifice his family life to his ambitions.
Toby, a lawyer, on the contrary desperately tries to create a family.
And each of the young Kirby has to cope with a mass of contradictions and problems, playing very complicated roles of a brother, a son, a man...
Alex Kirby unconditionally is the brightest character of the film and one of the most impressive and outstanding David's roles. A successful young man on the top of his moral, physical and psychological health and financial wellness, suddenly, after long years of a happy marriage life, finds himself on the verge of divorce. Alex's world breaks down and he has only one chance not to die under its debris - to recognize his mistakes and to revise his value system.
Cast:
David Wenham ...Alex Kirby
Hugo Weaving ...Martin 'Marty' Kirby
Samuel Johnson ...Toby Kirby
Aden Young ...Young Cliff
Ray Barrett ...Old Cliff Kirby
Catherine McClements ...Nikki Kirby
Essie Davis ...Beth
Rachel Griffiths ...Annie
Kate Beahan ...Margaret
Vince Colosimo ...Eric
Marta Dusseldorp ...Eva
Bob Franklin ...Sid
Marco Chiappi ...Bevan
Simon Burke ...Michael
and the others...
TV mini-series