FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Office building exterior at night. Young woman being interviewed by conciliator. Underwater of swimmers legs in swimming pool. Young male and female swimmers sitting at outside pool. Coach speaking. Young woman putting on goggles and diving into pool. Woman shaking hair out. Office scene with typists taunting young woman, Lorraine. Lorraine in office with boss, Mr Phillips who asks her to work back. Conversation about her being late for work. Lorraine recounting story to conciliator. Quicktime clip available.

Girl in nurse's outfit running up to Phillips & wife at sewer plant, pretending to take father's blood pressure. Man meeting solicitor at bar of nightclub to discuss harassment claim. Solicitor introduces secretary and they discuss complainant. Man looking uncomfortable as secretary fondles solicitor's thigh, solicitor and woman dance. Typists covering typewriters and preparing to leave work. Lorraine, on telephone alone in office. Boss, Phillips pouring red wine from cask into plastic cups and offering one to Lorraine who declines. Phillips ringing Lorraine's swimming coach re drinking wine then coerces her into accepting drink. Quicktime clip available.

Lorraine, in bed in the morning with her mother in her room asking her how the interview about sexual harassment went. Lorraine in bed with stuffed animals and sister in bed in same room. Lorraine arguing with concerned mother. Office manager showing conciliator around offices. Boss, Phillips enters office then awkwardly excuses himself. Quicktime clip available.

Phillips outside home with wife trying to discuss ideas with him, getting no response. Conciliator in office building and talking to young woman in leg braces. Conciliator holds elevator doors open for woman. Pressing lift buttons and various office exchanges between floors. Lorraine walking into office from corridor. Boss, Phillips looking furtively at Lorraine then playing with light switch before turning it off and approaching Lorraine in dark. Boss attempts to handle Lorraine and rips her skirt off. Quicktime clip available.

Lorraine talking to boyfriend in emptied swimming pool about why she did nothing to stop sexual harrassment. Swimmers turning at end of pool. Coach looking pensive. Coach talking to Lorraine, lifting her arms. Lorraine walks away telling him not to touch her. Office manager entering boss's office, talking to boss. Lorraine, in darkened office asking boss, Phillips to return skirt. Phillips returns to his office and Lorraine making excuses to leave and Phillips groping her. Conciliator talking to swimming coach. Swimmers preparing to train. Quicktime clip available.

Office workers taking frozen chicken with Lorraine's name on it out of fridge and questioning older office manager about Lorraine's whereabouts. Typist talking to boss then joining other typists in office. Lorraine in suburban backyard twirling hills hoist mother bangs on window. Girl brings cup of coffee from cafe counter to Lorraine and conciliator at booth. Conciliator tells Lorraine they can't take her boss to the tribunal, suggests compensation. Boss, Phillips arriving home at night and ordering German Shepherd to sit. Lorraine by swimming pool. Lorraine falling off swimming pool edge into water and swimming underwater. Office manager seen from outside of building getting frozen chicken out of fridge and disposing of it. Exterior office windows. Quicktime clip available.