Teesh and Trude

Teesh and Trude is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Melanie Rodriga, and was adapted from an original stageplay by Wilson McCaskill. The film was produced and shot entirely in Western Australia with Production Investment Funding Support from ScreenWest and Lotterywest. It was shot on video at Murdoch University where New Zealand director Melanie Rodriga teaches Rodrgia previously made a couple of New Zealand films in the 1980s, Trial Run and Send A Gorilla.

Teesh Susie Porter, an unemployed single mother in her twenties, shares a flat with an older, divorced friend, Trude Linda Cropper. Teesh is starting to crack under the strain of taking care of her son Kenny Mason Richardson and her problems only get worse when her abusive father Bill McClusky, whos just been released from prison, visits. Trude is also having problems with her macho boyfriend Rod Peter Phelps, who must complete a major paving contract at the shopping mall to save his ailing construction company. Meanwhile, Trude pines after her own children, who are apparently living with their father in a different state. ........

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