I learned about Jocelyn Moorhouse from her 2015 movie "The Dressmaker", about a seamstress (Kate Winslet) who returns to her conservative hometown with revenge on her mind. That movie addressed the protagonist's relationships with those around her.
An early movie wherein Moorhouse focused on relationships was 1991's "Proof". Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith in "The Matrix") plays a blind man who takes pictures so that people can tell him what's around him. He also suspects that his apparently dead mother might have abandoned him in shame. Can he trust the people around him, given that anyone can take advantage of him?
A particularly effective scene is when Russell Crowe's character takes Weaving's character to a drive-in movie. Weaving inadvertently provokes a fight, not realizing what he was doing. This can happen with disabled people, since any disability - mental or physical - can cause a communication breakdown.
It's not any kind of masterpiece, but I like how it shows the development of the love triangle between the two men and the caretaker. I wish that there were more movies like this (not that I expect such movies from Hollywood).
An early movie wherein Moorhouse focused on relationships was 1991's "Proof". Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith in "The Matrix") plays a blind man who takes pictures so that people can tell him what's around him. He also suspects that his apparently dead mother might have abandoned him in shame. Can he trust the people around him, given that anyone can take advantage of him?
A particularly effective scene is when Russell Crowe's character takes Weaving's character to a drive-in movie. Weaving inadvertently provokes a fight, not realizing what he was doing. This can happen with disabled people, since any disability - mental or physical - can cause a communication breakdown.
It's not any kind of masterpiece, but I like how it shows the development of the love triangle between the two men and the caretaker. I wish that there were more movies like this (not that I expect such movies from Hollywood).