[5] True Love and Chaos is a warm and humorous story of human fallibilities, a young woman's rite of passage, familial ties, and the on-going search for simple and pure relationships.
[6] Mimi (Miranda Otto), a twenty-something backing singer with a country band and waitress, is returning home to make peace with her mother who lives in Perth, and hopefully get her to tell her the name of her father.
Hanif becomes involved in a drug theft masterminded by his lovesick junkie friend, Dean (Noah Taylor), who has been attracted to his violent brother’s girlfriend, Ariel (Kimberley Davies).
Jerry learns Hanif and Dean's destination and sets out in hot pursuit, with hatred in his heart and a gun in his pocket, purchased from a marina security guard, Crazy Craig (Hung Le).
On the road Mimi meets Morris (Hugo Weaving), a charming cynic and alcoholic bearded singer in the Leonard Cohen/Nick Cave style who has ended up in a cover band.
One they reach Perth, Mimi tells her mother, Hannah (Geneviève Picot), that she no longer cares about knowing her father's identity and that she plans to keep her child.
Blood is spilt in the ensuing chaos, and those remaining must learn to live with the consequences of their actions.
Includes songs by Tom Jones (singer), Blondie (band), Leonard Cohen, Moloko, Yothu Yindi, Powderfinger, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ash (band), Beasts of Bourbon, Pollyanna (band), Dead Star, The Stone Cold Boners, Hugo Weaving, Matthew Dyktynski, Miranda Otto, No Fixed Address, Banana Oil, Headless Chickens, Catherine Wearne and Andrew Travis, Chris Wilson, Shocking Blue and Heather Nova.
The story involves a road trip across the Great Nullarbor Plain to Perth and there are some genuine stops along the way, but much of the film was shot in and around Melbourne.
The film begins in the inner city suburb of Yarraville, and the outer reaches of Werribee stood in for the Noreseman approach to Perth.
The Nullarbor/Great Australian Bight scenes were covered in second unit in southern central Australia, while the Hay plain was also featured in the travelling sequences.