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West of Sunshine
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West of Sunshine

Aug 23, 2018
1h 18m
★ 6.0

Overview

A father has less than a day to pay back a debt to a violent loan shark, while looking after his young son.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Exile Entertainment
Small Village Films

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Cast

Damian Hill

Jim

Damian Hill

Ty Perham

Alex

Ty Perham

Arthur Angel

Steve

Arthur Angel

Kat Stewart

Mel

Kat Stewart

Tony Nikolakopoulos

Banos

Tony Nikolakopoulos

Faye Smythe

Karen

Faye Smythe

Eliza Matengu

Jenny

Eliza Matengu

Liam Seymour

Bill

Liam Seymour

Kaarin Fairfax

Andrea

Kaarin Fairfax

Christopher Laino

Chris

Christopher Laino

Rhys Mitchell

Young Courier Driver 1

Rhys Mitchell

Jordan Fraser-Trumble

Tailor

Jordan Fraser-Trumble