Wrong World is a 1985 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and starring Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy, Nick Lathouris, Robbie McGregor, and Esben Storm. It was filmed in Nhill and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, with additional scenes in La Paz, Bolivia and New York City.

Plot

David (Richard Moir) is an Australian graduate doctor who has recently become disillusioned after practicing medicine in Bolivia and then travelling through the United States. Returning to his hometown of Melbourne, he meets Mary (Jo Kennedy), a young woman with a heroin addiction. Together, they set out on a road trip to her sister's house in Nhill.

Cast

Production

The film was made with a grant of more than $100,000 from Film Victoria and an Australian Film Commission distribution guarantee. To prepare for the role, Jo Kennedy spent several weeks on the streets of Melbourne's "drug district". As a result, her weight dropped to 38 kilograms.

Box office

Pringle struggled to find a distributor and wound up distributing the movie himself with a grant from the AFC. Wrong World grossed $17,213 at the box office in Australia.

Awards and nominations

At the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985, the Silver Bear for Best Actress went to Jo Kennedy and Ian Pringle was nominated for a Golden Bear. At the AFI Awards Ray Argall was nominated in the Best Achievement in Cinematography category.