Greenkeeping

Lenny is a good-hearted man whose task it is to keep the lawns green at a boules club. Lenny has to struggle to keep his job; his marriage IS close to breakdown and on top of everything he is attacked by a kamikaze pilot in the form of a magpie. But his biggest concern is the green. It is turning brown. And fast. But Lenny is not going to give up.
Comment:
A film from Australia, about people in Australia.
Lenny makes sure the lawn stays green in the place where he works, a club where a game similar to boules is played. David Ceasar makes this ubowls club'' into a mirror image of society as a whole. The old men at the club do not want to keep up with the times. They say that they have to recruit new members to the club, which needs to grow. At the same time there are old men who have a hard time seeing the young generation take over. Especially if they are Japanese (which they are in this easel. The fear of the Japanese is a real issue over there, a problem which feels very distant to the Swedish. But Lenny's concern with
keeping the grass green, the misfortunes and the eternal struggle to make ends meet are all recognizable problems.
Mark Little portrays the main character Lenny with warmth, and Lisa Henley plays the part of his wife, an easily recognizable type of person. She is an unemployed, apathetic girl in her twenties who refuses to take any responsibility for the way things have turned out (it hasn't turned out so well for Lenny and her). Lenny's brother Trevor is religious, sulky and stingy. David Wenham creates a very odd personality out of his part and is funny to watch owing to the exactitude in his acting.
With a strong sympathy for his characters, David Ceasar paints a picture of today's Australia.
Jannike Grut