Directed by:
John SheedyScreenplay:
Lisa HoppeComposer:
Nerida Tyson-ChewCast:
Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson, Deborah Mailman, Catherine Moore, Alison Van ReekenVOD (3)
Plots(1)
Young Candice Phee finds herself on an adventurous mission when, as part of a school project, she resolves to become a peacemaker in her quarrelsome, grief-ridden family. She is doggedly enthusiastic – and often unintentionally comical – as she devotes herself to making others happy. Her new schoolmate, Douglas Benson, believes that he has come from another dimension, but he turns out to be an unexpected ally and an ardent admirer. Based on Barry Jonsberg's novel “My Life as an Alphabet”, theatre director John Sheedy's film adaptation portrays all the colourful facets of life between a fantastical, magical forest and small-town conservatism. From A to Z. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Daisy Axon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/506/165506565_00d9b6.jpg)
Daisy Axon
Best movies:
H Is for Happiness (2019)
Judy & Punch (2019)
![Wesley Patten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/506/165506564_c71ed6.jpg)
Wesley Patten
Best movies:
H Is for Happiness (2019)
![Richard Roxburgh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/824/162824696_2e5013.png)
Richard Roxburgh
Australia
Best movies:
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Elvis (2022)
![Emma Booth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280324_918d14.jpg)
Emma Booth
Australia
Best movies:
Tracks (2013)
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
![Miriam Margolyes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271110_8ccac2.jpg)
Miriam Margolyes
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Mulan (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
![Joel Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/704/165704086_1e9bed.jpg)
Joel Jackson
Best movies:
Deadline Gallipoli (2015) (series)
Jungle (2017)
I Met a Girl (2020)
![Deborah Mailman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/545/163545134_6c0150.jpg)
Deborah Mailman
Australia
Best movies:
Lucky Miles (2007)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Catherine Moore
Best movies:
How to Please a Woman (2022)
H Is for Happiness (2019)
Alison Van Reeken
Best movies:
These Final Hours (2013)
OtherLife (2017)
A Few Less Men (2017)