Year			2004
Country			Australia
Genre			Drama
Length			1:46
Director			Cate Shortland
Writer			Cate Shortland
Company			Magnolia Pictures
Starring			Abbie Cornish Sam Worthington Lynette Curran Nathaniel Dean Erik Thomson Leah Purcell Show more... Abbie Cornish Sam Worthington Lynette Curran Nathaniel Dean Erik Thomson Leah Purcell Hollie Andrew Paul Gleeson Damian De Montemas Nicoles's lover Olivia Pigeot Heidi's mother Alex Babic the barman Elizabeth Muntar Justin Martin Ben Tate Joshua Phillips

"Somersault" is the story of a young girl's sensory journey through which she learns the true meaning of love, family and friendship. Living with her mother, sixteen year old Heidi (heart-wrenchingly played by Abbie Cornish in a breakthrough role) looks to short-lived sexual encounters for the physical and emotional contact she craves.

Fleeing Canberra for Jindabyne, she meets Joe (played by Sam Worthington who delivers an outstanding performance), the son of a wealthy local farmer that leads to a developing romance in all its complexity. However Joe's relationship with Heidi challenges his ideas of sexuality, class and his future. Illuminated by the lives of others and the power of forgiveness, Heidi discovers she is more than she had realised.