He Ain't Heavy

Animal Kingdom star Leila George rejoins her mother Greta Scacchi (The Player, MIFF 1992; Looking for Alibrandi) in this devastating Australian drama about a family riven by drug addiction.

Pushed to the limit by years of trying to safeguard against the mayhem of her meth-addicted brother Max (Sam Corlett, The Dry), Jade (George) snaps one fateful night. Following a car crash that nearly claims the life of their mother Bev (Scacchi), she kidnaps him and retreats to the empty home owned by their grandparents in the desperate hope that this dramatic intervention will force a circuit-breaking rehabilitation. But when Bev arrives unannounced, bearing terrible news, this already-bubbling-over pressure cooker explodes.