Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and finds he has only 'three dollars' to his name.

David Wenham
as Eddie Harnovey

Sarah Wynter
as Amanda

Frances O'Connor
as Tanya Harnovey

David Roberts
as Gerard

Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik
as Abby Harnovey

Nico Billeam
as Tiny

Christopher Bunworth
as Chamberlain

Nicole Nabout
as Kate

Phillip Griffiths
as Young Eddie Harnovey

Casey Petersen
as Young Amanda