Stubbornly Here

Young people are vanishing – disappearing into thin air – and the world seems almost uninterested. 

To escape what could be their fate, a trio of friends decide to leave Perth with the vague intention of going to Sydney. 

But, finding themselves in a motel enroute, they start to consider their options… 

A remarkable work, Stubbornly Here is a fascinating exploration of becoming an adult, of inhabiting a finite body, and, ultimately, of being human. 

Director Taylor Broadley’s assured feature plays as a coming-of-age film located somewhere between everyday surrealism and deadpan observations of human relationships. 

In Stubbornly Here there is a sense of the protagonists as real people, trapped in a strange world that is not of their making.

Shot in black and white, with a good cast, this film makes for fascinating viewing.