Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. The early light of morning reveals a fluttering eyelid and the twitch of a hand, as a rumpled body rolls over in bed to discover a stranger's back emerging through the haze of a hangover.
Queasy shock gives way to slow-dawning recognition.
So begins the new Australian film Better Than Sex, as a night of reckless passion blinks wide awake to the consequences of a one-night stand. Beguiled by his impersonation of a meerkat, she invites him back to her warehouse apartment where, over the next few days, their mating ritual is played out as a kind of Last Tango in Surry Hills. Josh stalks Cin's apartment as if it were fieldwork to pin down her outsize, bohemian persona. For Cin, Josh is an alien species, whose loose bathroom habits and wit belie a tightly wrought emotional life. It takes acting stamina and talent to stand up to all this scrutiny.