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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Walter Marsh

The great Australian nightmare: how the housing crisis inspired a wave of brutal – and funny – pop culture

A still from the Australian film Birthright, which follows a young couple, Cory and Jasmine, who are forced to move in with Cory’s less-than-thrilled parents.
A still from the Australian film Birthright, which follows a young couple, Cory and Jasmine, who are forced to move in with Cory’s less-than-thrilled parents. Photograph: Madman Entertainment

“I wanna go home,” sobs a heavily pregnant woman, sitting in a car stacked with her and her husband’s worldly possessions. “I want a home.”

This isn’t a scene from one of the parks, campgrounds or parking lots around the country that have become an alarming symbol of Australia’s housing crisis. It’s from Birthright, a new Australian film about a millennial couple, Jasmine (Maria Angelico) and Cory (Travis Jeffery), who are facing parenthood and homelessness at the same time.

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