Celia

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When fantasy becomes a dangerous game!

Celia (Rebecca Smart) is a fiercely independent and imaginative nine-year-old who lives uncomfortably with her buttoned-down family in suburban Melbourne in the 1950s. Her church-going parents are troubled by sexual frustrations and irrational fears about the rise of communism, causing Celia to find refuge with her treasured, tolerant grandmother. But when the latter dies, Celia's world falls apart, until a friendship blossoms with new neighbour Alice (Victoria Longley in an AFI-winning performance), a fun-loving, open-minded woman with young children.

Celia's father (Nicholas Eadie) also becomes enamoured by Alice, but cruelly forces her out of the neighbourhood when he discovers her communist sympathies. A beloved pet rabbit is now Celia's only source of affection, but when it too is taken, the child's world veers ominously between fantasy and reality, violence and tragedy.

A classic tale of childhood loss of innocence, this brilliant Australian drama finally comes to DVD in a pristine new widescreen transfer.