Michôd’s debut feature is – we think – a modern classic that takes a decidedly unglamorous look inside the claustrophobic confines of an Australian family of professional criminals.
When his mother dies from a heroin overdose, seventeen year old Joshua is passed into the care of his grandmother – and fearsome matriarch to her own sons – Janine “Smurf” Cody (a genuinely terrifying Jacki Weaver).
Animal Kingdom is a brutal, bloody and quite brilliant drama in which family loyalty is stretched to the absolute limits. Also stars Guy Pearce and Ben Mendelsohn.