Satellite Boy Film Analysis

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Good morning class. Today I will be discussing the film Satellite Boy. The Australian film directed by Catriona McKenzie sincere drama film focuses on Pete (Cameron Wallaby), a young confused boy the age of 11, who is trapped in a situation where he has been abandoned by his mother and is been left with his grandfather Jubi (David Gulpilil). The film Satellite boy stars Peter (Cameron Wallaby) who is trying to cope with his mother abandoning him and would have to live with his grandfather Jubi (David Gulpilil) in an old rusty abandoned movie theatre, he had nowhere else to go all he had was his best friend Kalmain (Joseph Pedley) and that old shack he calls home, which was going to be torn down by a mining company. His reality is everyone’s

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