Vacant Possession

1995
1h 35m

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After her mother's death, Tessa returns to her old Sydney beachfront home. Past and present merge through flashbacks, revealing connections between two families - Aboriginal and white - and ... Read allAfter her mother's death, Tessa returns to her old Sydney beachfront home. Past and present merge through flashbacks, revealing connections between two families - Aboriginal and white - and their shared history.After her mother's death, Tessa returns to her old Sydney beachfront home. Past and present merge through flashbacks, revealing connections between two families - Aboriginal and white - and their shared history.

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7.3/10

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

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8/10

More questions than answers

_Vacant Possession_ explores some fairly common ground as the death of a mother brings a daughter home to Sydney, where the old family home begins to bring old wounds more and more to life. Initially, the flashback sequences are well defined, but as the story unfolds they become more and more seamlessly blended with the present.

There is little here that hasn't been covered numerous times in other films, although it is possible to read the film as a metaphor for the history of white Australia. Ultimately, however, _Vacant Possession_ leaves more questions unanswered than answered.