The Heart of the Journey 9.30 St Kilda Film Fest. Based on an amazing true story, The Iron Ladiesfollows the steady march of a volleyball team composed mostly of transexuals, transvestites and some rather effiminate gay guys to the Thai male national championships in 1996. Facing taunts of other players and officials is hurtful, but they fight back with some shrewd if unusual tactics and a growing legion of fans. Voted Best Film Mardi Gras Film Festival, The Iron Ladies is outrageous fun - all the more special for having actually happened. At first, things seem to be just as Mullet left them, however Mullet quickly discovers that all is not the same and people have moved on.
Slowly trouble starts to mount.
Mullet turns on his mates, estranges his parents and takes the daring step of calling on Tully, placing doubt in her mind about her marriage. Two siblings, orphaned at an early age, have grown apart as adults. A single mother, she works in the local bank and leads a steadfast moral life with her young son. When Terry comes for a visit, his mere presence begins to crack the veneer of Sammy s well-ordered existence. It also becomes the meeting place of their hearts and minds as they struggle to reconcile their conflicting lives with the love that binds them together.