Joe Cinque's Consolation

Joe Cinque's Consolation

Cast: Maggie Naouri, Jerome Meyer, Gia Cardies, Sacha Joseph, Josh McConville
Director: Sotiris Dounoukos
Genre: Crime, Drama
Running Time: 102 minutes

Synopsis: Joe Cinque's Consolation tells the true story of the death of Joe Cinque. In early 1997 Anu Singh, a law student at the Australian National University, confides in friends that she plans to kill herself to put an end to a mysterious illness. As Anu's mental and emotional state begins to disintegrate, her plans grow more macabre and more public. After an elaborate farewell dinner party attended by friends, Anu drugs Joe with Rohypnol. More than a day later, on the 26th of October 1997, Anu injects Joe with a lethal dose of heroin.

Joe Cinque's Consolation is the adaptaion of Helen Garner's best-selling account of these events; an examination of collective and individual responsibility, and a crime that shocked Australia.

Joe Cinque's Consolation
Release Date: October 13th, 2016