“Don't go so far out that you can't find your way back.”
Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends into darkness, fragments of a different story begin to emerge. All the women in his world are trying in their own, very different ways to help put him back together.
Matthew Goode
Tom
Bojana Novaković
Sarah
Essie Davis
Karen
Jack Heanly
Oscar
Kerry Fox
Sally
Rachel Griffiths
Miriam
Kate Beahan
Lesley
Gia Carides
Carol
Marta Dusseldorp
Lisa
Dan Wyllie
Darren
Burning Man is a drama, romance film released in 2011 exploring themes of fire, husband wife relationship, pain, marriage, restaurant, hallucination. Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, it stars Matthew Goode, Bojana Novaković, Essie Davis. Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends into darkness, fragments of a different story begin to emerge. All the women in his world are trying in their own, very different ways to help put him back together.
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