Under the skin

Brett Sheldon, a middle-aged international art dealer and plane crash survivor, and Nanda, a beautiful sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, daughter of a prostitute and part-time street kid, are fellow passengers on board a CityCat on the Brisbane River. Nanda is offended by the obvious interest Brett shows in her. From this first abrasive encounter an unlikely and intricate relationship slowly forms, based upon their common need for shelter from their present lifestyles. Brett guards a terrible secret connected to a great work of art. Despite their different backgrounds and experience of life, Nanda moves into Brett's apartment. Teenage drug culture and social alienation play a part, leading to a violent and horrifying finale.