The Lonely Spirit Variety Hour - Q&A Screening

Winner of Best Film at the 16th Sydney Underground Film Festival.

Join us at Dendy Newtown on Wednesday, May 17 at 6:30pm for our Q&A screening of the wonderfully weird delight THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR followed by an in-person discussion with key members of the cast and creative team. Hilarious and heartbreaking, THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR mixes moments of absurdity and quiet solitude in one of the most distinctive Australian films of the year.

Neville Umbrellaman is a verbose, velvet-voiced intellectual who hosts a late-night radio show from his parents’ garage. The alter ego of Rabindranath Chakraborty, Umbrellaman is deeply committed to the program, a labour of love and fantastical fancy that masks deeper, more tragic truths. Luckily, he’s got plenty of eccentric guests to help him out, from folk singer Kenneth Wong and Terry the neighbour to French baker Yvette and Chakraborty’s secret crush, Sabrina D’Angelo. But is anybody tuning in?

“That rare beast – one that’s on the cusp of extinction – a true original.”

– FilmInk

“Wonderfully absurd, hilarious, and moving.”

– The Curb

“It hijacks your heart and leaves it broken in a million pieces before you know it.”

– Screen Hub