Synopsis
It is 1966 in Port Moresby, a town of extremes, atonce constricted and libertine, the tensionbetween the black and white communities barelycontained.Tension of another kind exists in the marriage ofVirginia Rich and her husband Ted, a well-likedlocal businessman. Still haunted by the ghosts of astrange and dislocated childhood and a failed,unhappy love affair, Virginia has come to a crisispoint in her life. A lack of real communicationbetween them hides from both Virginia and Tedthe full extent of the collapse their marriage hasbeen in for some time.Over a single weekend, shocking events force theRiches to confront reality. The reality of theirmarried life together. The reality of a place wherethe white man believes himself to be theundisputed master. In the aftermath of a chain ofevents which seems almost to be predestined, asone thing triggers another, the lives of Ted andVirginia Rich of Port Moresby will change. Andthose lives will never be the same again.