A happy/sad series that follows a suburban psychologist and the ups and downs of her patients as they explore love, loss, anxiety, obsession and the uncertain future ahead. It celebrates the mess and melancholy of life with elements of unexpected magical realism.
To Joanne, her patients are a welcome distraction, but to Joanne’s patients, their time unfolds in magical and unexpected ways. With raining ash, delusions of grandeur and magical poo; the series asks, for all of humanity’s idiosyncrasies and flaws, how or why do we choose to persist and find the magic?
Over four episodes we’re treated to an assortment of anxieties, fears and phobias, delivered with an eclectic mix of humour, heart and pathos. Some stories are darkly comic. Others are hauntingly poignant. But all unfold with a raw unflinching honesty.
Originally released on SBS and NITV.
4 x 20mins
Created & Directed by: Stef Smith
Produced by: Iain Crittenden, Clare Delaney, Stef Smith & Florence Tourbier
Written by: Ana Maria Belo, Arky Michael, Anna Lindner, Cecilia Morrow, Chris Bunton, Jeanette Cronin, Michael Gupta, Nick Coyle, Stef Smith, Wendy Mocke
Cast: Ana Maria Belo, Wendy Mocke, Margaret Pittas, Chris Bunton, Cecilia Morrow, Eryn Jean Norvill, Heather Mitchell, Arky Michael, Sam Greenlees, Andrew McFarlane, Catherine Van-Davies, Suren Jayemanne, Edan Chapman
Production Company: Photoplay Films
Principle Production Funding: Screen Australia
Development Funding: Screen NSW