A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more….

An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder’s labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but…