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Clip description
Lee (voiced by Alycia Debnam-Carey) plays with her food at dinner while a radio broadcaster (Barry Eaton) describes a scene at the airport where Mrs Petrov (voiced by Inge Romantsova) is attempting to board a plane back to the Soviet Union. The dinner scene is interrupted by black–and-white news footage of the event taking place. The next morning we return to the family listening to the radio around the breakfast table where they hear that Mrs Petrov has now sought, and been granted, asylum in Australia.
Curator’s notes
The break in the family scene to reveal news footage that is taking place at the airport, but cannot be seen by Lee or her family, is a beautiful way to elaborate on the creative imagination of a child.
