Petrol

The Story

Eva is an impressionable and idealistic student of film from a Russian migrant family. Through a series of chance events, she befriends an enigmatic performance artist named Mia, who immediately takes hold of Eva’s volatile imagination. Mia inspires Eva with her ebullient character, bold lifestyle, and dedication to her quintessential art projects. Eva soon moves into Mia’s house and is swept up in Mia’s decadent life and her milieu of untethered youths. She works obsessively on a film she wants Mia to star in. But as Eva gets closer, Mia pulls away, only fuelling the fascination. As the two women’s lives become more entwined, Eva sets off on a surreal journey of selfdiscovery, haunted by dreams, fantasies and ghosts. Set to the backdrop of contemporary Melbourne, Petrol explores the nature of identity and friendship, and the things that haunt us as we strive for connection with others in an uncertain world.

Rating

MA15+

Duration

95 min

Director

Alena Lodkina