The Caterpillar Wish

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The Caterpillar Wish

Promotional poster for The Caterpillar Wish.
Directed by Sandra Sciberras
Produced by Zelda Rosembaum
Kate Whitbread
Antonio Zeccola
Written by Sandra Sciberras
Starring Victoria Thaine
Susie Porter
Philip Quast
Cinematography Greig Fraser
Editing by Jason Ballantine
Distributed by Palace Films
Release date(s) June 15, 2006
Running time 100 min.
Country Australia
Language English
Budget AUD $1,400,000
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The Caterpillar Wish (also known as Caterpillar Wish) is a 2006 Australian coming-of-age film, directed by Sandra Sciberras and starring and ensemble cast including Victoria Thaine, Susie Porter and Philip Quast. It was filmed in and around Robe, South Australia. The Caterpillar Wish was released in Australia on 15 June 2006.

Tagline: This winter, one wish will change everything.

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Principal Cast and Characters
Victoria Thaine as Emily Woodbrige
Susie Porter as Susan Woodbrige
Philip Quast as Carl Roberts
Wendy Hughes as Elizabeth Roberts
Khan Chittenden as Joel Roberts
Will Traeger as Ewan Roberts
Robert Mammone as Stephen Knight
Nicholas Bell as Father Caleb

Spoiler warning: Plot details follow.
Victoria Thaine as Emily in a scene from the film.
Victoria Thaine as Emily in a scene from the film.

A sleepy seaside town, in winter.

Emily, a seventeen-year-old schoolgirl, lives with her mother Susan. Emily never knew her father. According to her mother, he was a “tom cat” - a tourist who wandered into town one summer and was never seen again.

Susan is struggling to forget the past. She hasn’t spoken to her fervently religious parents for years, not since she shamed the family by falling pregnant at fifteen.

Emily actively pursues a friendship with father-figure Stephen, who spends his days fixing boats at the harbour. But Stephen has his own troubles, constantly haunted by the past, unable to keep the loss of his wife and baby daughter from his thoughts.

Stephen’s sister Elizabeth is married to the town policeman Carl. Elizabeth suspects Carl is being unfaithful but is scared to uncover the truth. Her son Joel has a secret love of his own.

When a Bible turns up with an intriguing inscription, Emily is the first to realise that hoping for change is not enough.

Spoilers end here.

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Film chronology: 1890s-1930s • 1940s-1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
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