About the film



An outwardly happy Australian couple, Ben & Fiona, journey to Calcutta, India to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements at the agency have yet to be finalised. They have no option but to wait in this chaotic, foreign place. But as the intoxicating mystic powers of the Indian city pulls them in each separate and unexpected directions, the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself. Forced to confront their differences and the concealed deep secrets that they've both been long avoiding, Ben and Fiona ultimately rediscover themselves and a belief in life's possibilities, their marriage and the invigorating power and joy of the human spirit. THE WAITING CITY is written and directed by rising talent Claire McCarthy and produced by Jamie Hilton and brings together an incredible Australian cast including Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland, Pitch Black). Joel Edgerton (The Square, Star Wars: Episode II & III) and Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

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