A fun adventure is all they wanted.
After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals' behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
- 5.4
- 2023
- Released
- 1h 31m
Julia Garner
Hanna
Jessica Henwick
Liv
Hugo Weaving
Billy
Daniel Henshall
Dolly
Ursula Yovich
Carol
Toby Wallace
Matty
James Frecheville
Teeth
Herbert Nordrum
Torsten
Alex Malone
Jules
Barbara Lowing
GlendaAdam MacNeill
Macca
Kate Cheel
CassieBree Bain
Office Woman
Baykali Ganambarr
TommyNic Darrigo
Kev
Bruce R. Carter
DarrenLen Firth
WayneCraig McArdle
Simmo
Valerie Berry
Suzie
Chrissie Page
Wife
Patrick Frost
Husband
Released
en
$877,412.00
- #friendship
- #tourist
- #female friendship
- #workplace
- #alcoholism
- #sexual harassment
- #cultural difference
- #female protagonist
- #american abroad
- #gender roles
- #south australia
- #misogynist
- #woman director
- #australian outback
- #social issues
- #toxic masculinity
- #isolated community
- #pub
- #gritty
- #intimate
Reviews
Canadians "Hanna" (Julia Garner) and her best mate "Liv" (Jessica Henwick) take jobs working in a remote outback bar where they are expecting to make some extra cash to fund their holiday. They arrive, though, to discover that the "Royal Hotel" is anything but royal.... It's run by the curmudgeonly "Billy" (Hugo Weaving), his long-suffering friend "Carol" (Ursula Yovich) and is largely populated b