MIFF 2016: The Death and Life of Otto Bloom brings Rachel Ward back to the screen

By Karl Quinn
Updated July 29 2016 - 7:09pm, first published 5:27pm
Matilda Brown, left, and Rachel Ward, the mother and daughter female leads in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. Photo: Simon Schluter
Matilda Brown, left, and Rachel Ward, the mother and daughter female leads in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. Photo: Simon Schluter
Xavier Samuel as Otto and Matilda Ward as Ada in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. Photo: Suzy Wood
Xavier Samuel as Otto and Matilda Ward as Ada in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. Photo: Suzy Wood

It was always going to take something special to drag Rachel Ward back in front of the camera, and in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom – the film that officially kicks off the Melbourne International Film Festival on Thursday – she found it.

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