Canopy

An Australian fighter pilot is shot down over Singapore in 1942, and awakens suspended in the treetops in this survival thriller. As night gives way to day, he navigates dangerous jungle and hostile forces in search of sanctuary. Based on a collection of true stories gathered by debut writer-director Aaron Wilson from Australian veterans.

"Jim (Khan Chittenden) must fend for himself - until he literally runs into a Singapore-Chinese resistance fighter, Seng (Mo Tzu-Yi), who has also been injured and is also lost. The men realise that their only hope of surviving lies with each other... There is no exposition, no politics, no conventional character development. Just these two men, this jungle, and this desperate struggle to make it through.

"Given that Jim and his new ally share no common language, the film is nearly wordless - although it is anything but silent. The fecund jungle is alive with the drone of insects and the rattle and caw of birds. Bombers drop their payloads into the distant bush. Jim's boots slap through the muck as he traipses along, panting, and without direction." (Toronto International Film Festival)

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