In particular, Noomi Rapace as María gives the most standout performance even as it is often the most reserved. The well-timed introduction of such an outsider brings this all into focus.Īmidst all those complications, the cast navigates the fraught situation they find themselves in with a delicate precision. Even as an outsider may consider their embracing of this strange gift incomprehensible, the fact that they are doing so as a way to heal only makes it all the more painful. The film builds complete compassion for María and Ingvar, whose response to the absurdity of their situation is precisely the point. “We are living in the loungeroom at the moment as we are doing renovations at the moment and some of the renovations Rosemary suggested.The tragedy comes from all the events around the humor. “I feel so fortunate and I have been given a gift from a stranger who has now become a friend and it’s incredible. “We’ve already made some improvements to the garden and Rosemary is excited about it,” she said. The 23-year-old said they had already moved in, posting their handiwork in the house and garden on social media. “I wasn’t going to put in an expression of interest but my dad pushed me and said ‘it’s good practice and you need to do it’. “I had been looking at houses from the start of the year and had become unmotivated as I thought I would get nowhere, so I am excited because I did not expect this at all,” she said. If not for her father’s insistence to lodge an expression of interest, even just to get used to the process, she would never have made an offer. Ms Pyke-Moran had all but given up of finding a house this year at least after seven months of fruitless searching, house inspections and attending auctions when not in lockdown. Plenty of room to extend! The character home sits on a 633sq m block. Mr Carr said Ms Bartlam took slightly less than the highest offer when she settled for $705,000 with first-time home buyers Madeline Pyke-Moran and partner Josh Cawse.
“She is staying in the area and she said it would break her heart if she came past and it was gone.” “I was giving her feedback on what buyers would be doing with the home and it became very apparent at that time she did not want to sell it to someone who was going to knock it down and most people wanted to demolish it,” he said. He said almost everyone interested in buying the house had intentions to bulldoze it. “It’s a terrible waste and bad for the environment and there were people up the road who wanted to have their house removed and give it to charity and it was a similar age to ours but the builders came in and pushed it down to rubble.”Īs expressions of interest rolled-in, Atlas real estate agent Roger Carr became the gatekeeper for Ms Bartlam. “I think it’s just a disgrace well-built homes are being knocked down in the area and I didn’t want that to happen to mine,” Ms Bartlam said. Rosemary Bartlam said too many ‘character’ home had been razed in her area and she wanted a buyer who would appreciate the history of her house.