Heidi (Abbie Cornish) is sixteen. Starved of affection, she uses one night stands as a substitute for the physical and emotional contact she craves at home but never gets. Caught in bed with her mother’s boyfriend, she runs away to an out-of-season ski resort in the Australian mountains where the cycle of casual sex looks likely to continue. Then she meets Joe, the son of a wealthy farmer…
Winner of 13 Australian Awards
- Import DVD
- PAL Region 2
- Anamorphic Widescreen
- Cate Shortland’s short film Flowergirl (19 mins)
- Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary
- Inside The SnowDome – The Making of Somersault (26 mins)
- Shooting Somersault – interview with cinematographer Robert Humphreys (15 mins).
