Despite emanating from Australia, this strident study of small-town manners is conducted primarily in Spanish, with a smattering of Italian and English thrown in for good measure.
As if carried away by the Latin undertone, debut director Steve Jacobs allows the action to begin at fever pitch and scoot ever upwards; spitfire housewife Lola Marceli seeks revenge on Helen Thomson, the Aussie blonde who lured away her shiftless husband, Simon Palomares.
Caught in the crossfire is pawky teenager Alice Ansara, whose embarrassment at her mother's tirades turns to admiration as she recognises the intractability of the racial and cultural attitudes with which she has to contend.