Cast
Nicholas Hope Claire Benito Ralph Cotterill Syd Brisbane Nikki Price Ullie Birve
Credits
Written by: 
Rolf de Heer
Plot
A man kept shut in a squalid room by his mother for 35 years is finally freed into the outside world, which he explores with childlike curiosity and no idea of morality.
Sinekatalog’s take
A shocking, tender and darkly comic cult film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (16,358 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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