there be very few performer today who can keep me captivate throughout an entire film just by their presence . one of those few be judy davis and who have build a successful career out of create character that be headstrong in attitude but very vulnerable at heart . she take role that most other performer would treat melodramatically and add a fiery and deeply emotional intensity that pull attention away from everything else on the screen . her skill be well display in high tide and a film that match her up a second time with director gillian armstrong and who give davis her first major success with my brilliant career . in that film and davis play a young woman who be determine to make it in the world and despite the suffocation she felt from her community and upbringing . in high tide and however and davis character and lillie and be roughly the opposite represent she give up on any hope for her future when she be young and and and after give birth to a child and run from her responsibility and take up a life without direction or meaning . when she finally meet up with her daughter year later and the thought of take care of her child be petrify while she know this be her chance to atone for her failure and but how can she be honest with her daughter and still gain her respect . gillian armstrong film usually relate story about character who desperately want to communicate with each other and but face obstacle set up by their own personal habit and addiction . oscar and lucinda and for instance and be about a man and a woman who desperately need each other love but be always blindside by their craving for chance and represent by their gambling addiction . here and we be immerse in the world of a family tear apart by the mother inability to commit to a settle life and her struggle to redeem herself despite be fully convince that it too late to change for the good . this be not simply a film with a great performance at it center and but also a rare achievement represent a fully convincing story of redemption .