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Slap, The

Year of completion: 2011
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: MiniSeries
Genre: Drama
Duration: 8 x 55 minute episodes
Production Status: Completed

At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event and what follows, ricochets through a group of family and friends to shocking effect. THE SLAP is told from the points of view of eight people who were present at the barbecue. The television adaptation of THE SLAP will be a powerful, haunting tale about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and all the passions and conflicting beliefs – that family can arouse.

Completion Year: 2011
Genres: Drama
Format: MiniSeries
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Cast

Melissa George, Sophie Okonedo, Essie Davis, Jonathan LaPaglia

Screen Australia Supported

Production

Awards

2012 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

2012 — International Emmy Awards

2012 — AWGIE Awards

2012 — Australian Directors Guild Ltd

2012 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts

2012 — TV Week Logie Awards

Screenings

2011 — Melbourne International Film Festival

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Slap, The

Sales

Australian Sales

Hopscotch International Pty Ltd

International Sales

DCD Rights

Production Company

Matchbox Pictures Pty Ltd

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Slap, The

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Screen Australia Supported

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