Monic Hendrickx and William McInnes in Unfinished Sky

Thriller and love story on
a Queensland sheep farm

Queensland sheep country is the place where the Peter Duncan film Unfinished Sky takes place.

In this film, Duncan transposess the Dutch box office hit The Polish Bride to the Queensland location where a sheepfarmer, John Waldring, played by William McInnes, discovers the arrival of a bruised and battered woman, Tahmeena (Monic Hendrickx), who can't speak English.

Hendrickx was in the original Dutch film and she reprises her role here as the hunted woman, subject of a police search. In self-imposed isolation on the sheep farm, Waldring is gradually drawn out of his shell by the woman who has sought refuge in his farm.

This is thriller and love story set against the rural Queensland landscape.

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 AMONG this week's Sydney theatre openings:

Barry Crocker's Banjo at Sorlies, Glen St Theatre, Belrose, July 4, 5. Booking information: Barry Crocker's Banjo.

Full Body Contact No Love Tennis at Roxbury Hotel, Glebe, July 15, August 5, 19, September 2, 16. Booking information: Full Body Contact No Love Tennis.

Steve Ross at Bar Me, Kings Cross, July 3-5. Booking information: Steve Ross .

 FOR current and coming Sydney theatre productions, the Sydney
Theatre Guide is the place to visit for up-to-date listings and booking
information. Also see What's On in Melbourne.

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