Rowan Woods

A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a "smooth" ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he's convinced there's more to an incident he caught on tape, where a man seemed about to murder his mistress with an axe. Delving deeper, the film enters some seldom-trodden territory as it slips easily into horror and sci-fi, while still maintaining the hilarious dialogue

Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.

Compo is a comedy set in a government unemployment-compensation office.

Short film and early collaboration between rowan woods and david wenham.