Mud Crab

Mud Crab

Director David Robinson-Smith / 2022 / Australia

Viewer Advice: Contains suicide themes.


Reflecting on her own culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.

In a feral, close-knit coastal town that might have sprung from a Justin Kurzel film, a young man endures a traumatic assault that prompts an astonishing physical transformation. David Robinson-Smith’s accomplished drama confronts the fallout from this devastating incident, using an evocative voiceover from a guilt-ridden young woman to explore a complex tapestry of small-town culpability.

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