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In Tom White, the title character (played by Colin Friels) "drops out" of society after a work crisis and becomes homeless. He drifts through Melbourne meeting a rent boy (Dan Spielman), an ex-junkie (Loene Carmen), a tramp (Bill Hunter) and a young graffiti artist (Jarryd Jinks).
Feb 8, 2005 · A middle-aged man with haunted eyes lies in bed staring into the abyss. He is awake before his alarm clock reminds him that time is not his own. This is Tom White, and this is the story of his journey from a superficially stable suburban family life to homelessness in the big city.
Tom White. Synopsis: Tom White (Colin Friels) lives a seemingly “normal” life with a wife (Rachel Blake), two young kids and a steady job as a draftsman. One day at work, after discovering he has been passed over for a younger employee, he flips out, gets ragingly drunk and meets up with a young male hooker, Matt (Dan Spielman), who offers ...
Vignettes and shadows left wide open, dripping in tar. Friels and Hunter are excellent. Tom White is an architect who chooses to become homeless despite an seemingly otherwise successful life. However, it soon becomes clear that not everything is as it appears at work.
Plot. Tom White is an architect who chooses to make himself homeless. Outwardly, he has all the signs of a successful life—large home, loving family, successful career. However, it soon becomes clear that not everything is as it appears at work.
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Peppered with powerful, ambiguous and visceral moments, Tom White is a rarity in Australian filmmaking: it's a sensory journey on the darker edges of modern...
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Tom White has a loving family and an adequate career, but when his workload is downscaled he disappears from his family without a trace. He becomes an anonymous street person travelling through a contemporary underworld that is as unexpectedly funny as it is tragic.
