The Plumber

Peter Weir’s biting and unpredictable social satire about a young student troubled by repeat visits from her building’s gregarious repairman.

Spending most of her days alone at home while her husband is away at work, a young anthropology student is troubled by repeated visits from her building’s gregarious repairman. Class conflict is fought through polite insults, perverse mind games and ever-expanding plumbing work in this dark, absurdist comedy of manners.

Originally made for television before being released in cinemas, Peter Weir’s The Plumber is an acerbic critique of bourgeois hypocrisy and intolerance. At once tense and funny, it sits on the cusp between art house cinema and Ozploitation fare.