ANGST

Back in 2000, the world was different… there were these things called video stores; there were no Emos, but there were plenty of Goths; you actually had to go to a shop to buy sex paraphernalia; and the film-literate influence of new icons Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino was everywhere. Amidst this heady swirl of things now sadly lost to time came the 2000 Australian youth comedy-drama ANGST, the pithily, authentically funny brainchild of talented debut screenwriter Anthony O’Connor, and the first work of director Daniel Nettheim, who would later make his mark with top-tier TV series like THE TWELVE, THE TOURIST and THE MESSENGER.

Set in the pre-glitz-up, then-seedy borough of Sydney’s Kings Cross, ANGST is the hilariously ribald tale of Dean (Sam Lewis), a cynical, unlucky-in-love video store counter-jockey who falls hard for Abi Tucker’s Goth chick May, while navigating a decidedly slacker lifestyle with his two flatmates, wannabe comedian Ian (Justin Smith) and pothead Jade (Jessica Napier).

A terrifically entertaining movie time capsule, ANGST will enjoy its first cinema screening at the Inner West Film Fest since its release over twenty years ago.  

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“Daniel Nettheim’s first feature is a sympathetic, engaging comedy reminiscent of a French relationship pic. An excellent ensemble cast of attractive actors portrays a bunch of wounded characters trying to sort out their lives in a confusing world.” –– David Stratton | VARIETY

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