Wrong World is a 1985 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and starring Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy, Nick Lathouris, Robbie McGregor, and Esben Storm.
It was filmed in Nhill and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, with additional scenes in La Paz, Bolivia and New York City.
[2] David (Richard Moir) is an Australian graduate doctor who has recently become disillusioned after practicing medicine in Bolivia and then travelling through the United States.
Returning to his hometown of Melbourne, he meets Mary (Jo Kennedy), a young woman with a heroin addiction.
[3] To prepare for the role, she spent several weeks on the streets of Melbourne's "drug district" and as a result her weight dropped to 38 kilograms.
[11] Producer Bryce Menzies commented that in his opinion, "if the voices were substituted... if it was an American or German film, people would (have flocked) to it.