No Worries is a 1994 Australian film directed by David Elfick. It was based on a play Elfick had seen in the 1980s.
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Plot
An Australian family experiences extreme drought on their property. A neighbour is forced to sell up at distress prices, then their farm is destroyed by a local storm and they are forced to start a new life in multicultural Western Sydney. Their daughter Matilda is badly affected: her dog "Dingo" has had to be destroyed and she is dragged into an unfamiliar environment: classroom crowded with children from strange countries strange, noisy streets crowded with people from strange cultures. The adults try to jolly her into accepting her new surroundings: they take her to a basketball game and she gets to meet her idol Kenny McClary of the Sydney Kings, but to no avail. She escapes to the beach, the only place where she can see the horizon and be alone. She walks out into the water as though she were contemplating suicide, but a Vietnamese girl catches up with her, followed by Matilda's distressed parents. The film ends with them frolicking in the shallows.
Cast
Geoff Morrell as Ben Bell
Amy Terelinck as Matilda Bell
Susan Lyons as Ellen Bell
John Hargreaves as Clive Ryan
Steven Vidler as Gary Hay
Ray Barrett as Old Burkey
Harold Hopkins as John Burke
Annie Byron as Mrs Burke
Bob Baines as Tom Drew
Simon Westaway as Auctioneer