Starlet with Edge

Kiwi actress Emily Barclay (In My Father’s Den) has the starring role in Suburban Mayhem, an Australian film currently screening at Cannes. A very black comedy, Suburban Mayhem revolves around an amoral young single mother (Barclay) who decides to kill her father. It is the much-hyped debut feature by 27-year-old Australian screenwriter Alice Bell. “I didn’t find [my character Katrina] totally unsympathetic,” said Barclay in her first press conference. “She’s manipulative and volatile and lawless, but she’s also crazy and wild and takes no prisoners and doesn’t answer to anyone.”