Burning Man (film)

Burning Man is a 2011 Australian drama film written and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.

Plot
Burning Man tells the story of Tom (Matthew Goode), a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have chosen to disobey his boss, and his actions are tolerated by everyone around him. As Tom descends into darkness from a car crash in his Volkswagen, pieces of a different story start to emerge. Every woman around him tries, in different ways, to help Tom put himself back together.

Cast

 * Matthew Goode as Tom
 * Bojana Novakovic as Sarah
 * Essie Davis as Karen
 * Rachel Griffiths as Miriam
 * Kerry Fox as Sally
 * Anthony Hayes as Brian
 * Jack Heanly as Oscar
 * Kate Beahan as Lesley
 * Gia Carides as Carol
 * Marta Dusseldorp as Lisa
 * Robyn Malcolm as Kathryn
 * Garry McDonald as Dr Burgess

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of.

Fiona Williams of SBS awarded the film four stars out of five, observing that the film is an "experiential kaleidoscope of sex, love, and the numbing nihilism that accompanies a traumatic event." She also notes that "Burning Man manages to bring energy, originality and depth to a storyline that is itself something of a trope: ‘The Cancer Film’."