Emotion is Dead film review: an indie love letter to Adelaide’s northern suburbs

Ambitious and engaging, Emotion is Dead is equal parts emo coming-of-age dramedy and working class crime thriller.
Emotion is Dead.

Struggling in the aftermath of his father’s death, self-described ’emo’ skateboarder Brock (Jude Turner) enters university determined to escape the northern suburbs of Adelaide. Armed with a natural grasp of economics and the reductive advice of his privileged classmate Hunter (Brad McCarthy), Brock sets out to grow his net worth and set himself on the fast path to success. But when his brazen behaviour incurs the wrath of a local drug gang, both his life, and those closest to him, will be threatened.

Filmed over two years, and mostly self-funded by writer-director Pete Williams, Emotion Is Dead premiered at last year’s Adelaide Film Festival.

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