Production has begun in Brisbane, Australia, on dramatic comedy film “A Savage Christmas.”The story is that of a trans woman who, after years of estrangement, returns home for Christmas with her new boyfriend.
Expecting her transition to be the focus, it is instead overshadowed by family secrets and lies which threaten not only their lives but another Christmas lunch.The film is written, directed and produced by feature debutant Madeleine Dyer, who has pitched it as stylistically resembling “Death at a Funeral” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” Screen Australia’s head of content Grainne Brunsdon said the film “blends off-beat humor while reflecting our nation’s diversity.” Dyer co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Mulvihill and Max Jahufer.The film is also the debut production from Roaring Entertainment, a newly formed company by Brisbane-based producers Ben McNeill and Mulvihill.Members of the Savage family are played by Helen Thomson (“Elvis”), Darren Gilshenan,
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