Careful, He Might Hear You

Set in Australia in the 1930s, this drama stars Nicholas Gledhill as P.S., a six-year-old boy who lives with his Aunt Lila (Robyn Nevin) and Uncle George (Peter Whitford). P.S.'s mother died in childbirth, so her sister Lila took him in, and while George and Lila don't have a lot of money, they've ...more

This little-known Australian movie may be one of the most brutally authentic portraits of childhood ever put on film. It's filmed by director Carl Schultz from the point of view of a six-year-old boy whose father has left and whose mother has died. His mother's two sisters, one wealthy and the other working-class, battle for custody, and eventually his father returns and joins the fray. For a change, full use is made of the acting talents of Geraldine Chaplin, who plays the mother whose love ...more