From All Sides

A mother's former life as a professional dancer resurfaces, catapulting each member of her family into parallel journeys of cultural and sexual awakening, unearthing a minefield of race relations, class tension, and sexuality in the outer suburbs of Sydney. The film tells the story of Indian-Australian Anoushka, a former Bharatanatyam dancer who made the crossover into contemporary dance and then soon after left, disillusioned. She is now a middle-aged mother living in suburbia, balancing motherhood and a covert open relationship with her bisexual husband. The life of her family begins to unravel when her former career starts to resurface as her teenage daughter Nina prepares to audition for a state-level school dance ensemble.