Brings up issues of how to deal with a battered unhappy child, and what really is right and justice. I have always liked Donna Bae, and she does a great job as a disillusioned senior police officer that had to deal with being a lesbian, dealing with the end of that relationship, and the resulting disgrace. Doona Bae's depressed character now has an alcohol abuse problem. She is sent to an outback village to be the chief of police. She almost immediately runs into this troubled school girl whose mother has left her, and is touched. She keeps running into the girl, and sees the abuse the girl is suffering from her father, grandmother, and other children. This child sees that this police woman is someone that actually cares about her, and attaches to Doona Bae. When the girl arrives at her door one night Doona sees the horrible bruises on the back, and eventually lets the girl stay with her. When she arrests the girl's father for beating another man, the man makes accusations against Doona. Doona is immediately suspected of improper relationship with the girl since she does have the reputation of being a lesbian, and the there are admissions that have to be made by both Doona and the girl that make the situation look suspicious. Doona is arrested and the girl is sent home to be with her father who has been released. She is of course extremely upset about how Doona is being treated and sets up her father to be arrested for sexually abusing her daughter. When questioned the daughter claims that what she said again Doona was what her father told her to say. Doona gets apologies and is realized. Doona realizes that the girl set up her father to be framed, and there are also questions about if the girl was responsible for the death of the grandmother, but is justice served by admitting this to the authorities which would result in the father being released and the girl have to continue to live in a depressing and abusive house. After Doona goes back to meet the girl, she leaves telling the girl that she is leaving her alone. As the other policeman talks with Doona as they drive away, the policeman remarks about how the girl is trouble. I think Doona realizes that if she does not rescue the girl, the things will not turn out well for the girl so returns to find her and take the girl with her.
A sad movie exposing a number of issues in life.
A sad movie exposing a number of issues in life.