Burning Man is a 2011 Australian drama film written and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.
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Plot
Burning Man tells the story of Tom (Matthew Goode), a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have chosen to disobey his boss, and his actions are tolerated by everyone around him. As Tom descends into darkness from a car crash in his Volkswagen, pieces of a different story start to emerge. Every woman around him tries, in different ways, to help Tom put himself back together.
Cast
Matthew Goode as Tom
Bojana Novakovic as Sarah
Essie Davis as Karen
Rachel Griffiths as Miriam
Kerry Fox as Sally
Anthony Hayes as Brian
Jack Heanly as Oscar
Kate Beahan as Lesley
Gia Carides as Carol
Marta Dusseldorp as Lisa
Robyn Malcolm as Kathryn
Garry McDonald as Dr Burgess
Daniel Wyllie as Darren
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 72% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10.
Fiona Williams of SBS awarded the film four stars out of five, observing that the film is an "experiential kaleidoscope of sex, love, and the numbing nihilism that accompanies a traumatic event." She also notes that "Burning Man manages to bring energy, originality and depth to a storyline that is itself something of a trope: ‘The Cancer Film’."