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"Caught in a clash of cultures, love is an impossible desire."
Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.
24 Cast Members
Aden Young
Johann
Alice Haines
Jila
Siniša Ćopić
Shir Mohammed
Bille Brown
Pastor Hoffman
David Gulpilil
Rainman
Nico Lathouris
Mullah Jalal-Shah
Rodney Afif
Abdullah
Katayla Williams
Jila (aged 7)
Ben Winsor
Johann (aged 12)
David Ngoombujarra
Joseph
Eileen Darley
Amelia
Yiani Harpas
Amir
Monette Lee
Blanche
Netta Yashchin
Zeinab
Linda Rowlands
Pearl
Celine O'Leary
Anna
Stephen Sheehan
Mr. Becker
Lucy Slattery
Emma
Farhad Noori
Aziz
Kyavash Afarinesh
Rasul
