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World Fantastic Red

Judy and Punch

Mirrah FOULKES

Australia2019 105min Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

When small town puppeteer Punch accidentally kills his baby during a drinking binge his wife, Judy, having suffered a violent beating, teams up with a band of outcast heretics to enact revenge on Punch and the entire town of Seaside.

Program Note

An Australian actress turned director Mirrah Foulkes’s debut feature is a brutal revenge-tale, offering effective allegory of bloodthirsty xenophobia, toxic masculinity and uber-strict religious beliefs in a backwoods town. Mia Wasikowska as Judy and Damon Herrman as Punch are truly convincing as a puppetry couple whose unfortunate tragedy affects them in different ways. (Jongsuk Thomas NAM)