
“Truth is magic...It makes dreams come true.”
Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician Billy Cross when he performs on the remote airstrip of his Western Australian outback hometown after his plane is diverted. Years later, now a family man and making a meagre living tracking dingoes and playing trumpet in a local band, John still dreams of joining Billy on trumpet and makes a pilgrimage to Paris.
Release Date: 6/2/1991
Runtime: 109 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Rolf de Heer
Budget: $0.2M
Revenue: $0.3M
Companies: Vertigo Productions
Countries: Australia, France

Colin Friels
John Anderson

Miles Davis
Billy Cross

Helen Buday
Jane Anderson

Joe Petruzzi
Peter

Brigitte Catillon
Beatrice Boulain

Bernard Fresson
Jacques Boulain

Bernadette Lafont
Angie Cross
Helen Doig
Ruth

Eric Oldfield
Rod Fraser
Steven Shaw
Archie
Daniel Scott
Young John
Chelsea Gibson
Young Jane
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