Opal Dream

Set in the world of independent opal mining in southern Australia, FULL MONTY director Peter Cattaneo's adaptation of Ben Rice's novel Pobby and Dingan is a rare family film that's equally intelligent and moving, and wields a surprisingly dark edge. There's no centralized opal industry in the arid, southern town of Coober Peddy, just thousands of independently owned claims, each marked by the tall mounds of sand that dot the dusty landscape like so many soft, white ant hills. Each year, Coober Peddy attracts dreamers like Rex Williamson (LANTANA's Vince Colosimo), a former bartender who's come from Melbourne with his wife, Annie (Jacqueline McKenzie), and thei...