In 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play with the kids next door because their parents are communists. Then her pet bunny is taken away because of rabbit overpopulation. And, more traumatizing yet, when her grandmother dies, she's the one to discover the corpse. To cope, she retreats into elaborate fantasies.

Rebecca Smart
as Celia Carmichael

Nicholas Eadie
as Ray Carmichael

Mary-Anne Fahey
as Pat Carmichael

Victoria Longley
as Alice Tanner

Margaret Ricketts
as Grandmother

James Newman
as Hobyah's Pack

Alexander Hutchinson
as Steve Tanner

Adrian Mitchell
as Karl Tanner

Callie Gray
as Meryl Tanner

Martin Sharman
as Evan Tanner