The Plains (2022)

Every day at 5pm Andrew (Andrew Rakowski), a middle-aged man working a white-collar job in a community legal centre, drives home through Melbourne's outer suburbs in peak-hour traffic. The long commute affords him time to phone in on his ailing mother and his wife, and occasionally offer a lift home to a younger colleague, David (David Easteal). Over a year, their tentative small talk gives way to a warm friendship and open conversation within the confines of the vehicle, incrementally revealing their lives. Talkback radio provides some connection to the greater community.