Babyteeth (film)

Babyteeth
Official release poster
Directed byShannon Murphy
Screenplay byRita Kalnejais
Based onBabyteeth
by Rita Kalnejais
Produced byAlex White
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Commis
Edited byStephen Evans
Music byAmanda Brown
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 4 September 2019 (2019-09-04) (Venice)
  • 23 July 2020 (2020-07-23) (Australia)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million[1][2]

Babyteeth is a 2019 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama[3] film directed by Shannon Murphy from a screenplay by Rita Kalnejais, based upon her stage play of the same name. It stars Eliza Scanlen (in her first film appearance), Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis, and Ben Mendelsohn. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2019. It was released in Australia on 23 July 2020 by Universal Pictures and won nine AACTA awards, including Best Film.

Scanlen plays Milla, a 16-year-old girl from a wealthy family who falls in love with a drug-addict named Moses shortly before she has a cancer recurrence.

  1. ^ "Babyteeth (2020)". The Numbers. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Babyteeth". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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