A harrowing tale of trauma, the fragility of memory and culpability, David Robinson-Smith’s Mud Crab seeps into your subconscious and offers you no place to hide from the anger and pain depicted. We follow an unreliable narrator as she recounts the events of a young man’s assault in an Australian coastal town devoid of the typical beauty normally associated with such locations. Inspired by writer/director Robinson-Smith’s own upbringing in a similar town with equally corresponding histories of human degradation and hopelessness, Mud Crab leaves no room for a silver lining or happy ending and instead constricts you with its sombre tones and haunting soundtrack, matching the ruptured memories which lie at the heart of the tale. The real life and narrative transformations in the film, shot over two seasons, are hauntingly real. Ahead of Mud Crab’s premiere on Dn today we spoke to Robinson-Smith about...
- 5/6/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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