Peaches is a 2004 Australian film, written by Sue Smith and directed by Craig Monahan. The music was by David Hirschfelder, cinematography by Ernie Clark A.C.S., editing by Suresh Ayyar and art direction by Paula Smith. Plot Steph (Emma Lung) lost her parents in a car accident while still a baby. She was raised by her parents' over-protective best friend, Jude (Jacqueline McKenzie). She receives her dead mother's locked diary on her 18th birthday, the same day she starts work at the local peach cannery, and begins dual journeys, one pushing into the mysterious past and the other pursuing romantic complications in the present. The diary "reveals the colourful and sexy past of those close to her." Steph learns about her mother Jass (Samantha Healy), her father Johnny (Tyson Contor), and about the difficulties of love with her boss Alan Taylor (Hugo Weaving). "Peaches is a love story that deals with accepting loss and change, and learning to move on." The director said of the characters: "They’re all just people. In fact Sue (Smith, writer) wanted more bonking in it, so that was never an issue", he adds gamely. "There’re different journeys for different people; I spent a lot of time making that a reality. Men over 40 will go with Hugo’s journey; I find women around 30 plus will go with Jacqui; younger people go with Emma, but young men don’t go with the film at all... I’ve seen it in three countries [at festivals and previews] with many different audiences, and I do find there are different journeys for different people." Cast Hugo Weaving as Alan Jacqueline McKenzie as Jude Emma Lung as Steph Matthew Le Nevez as Brian Samantha Healy as Jass Tyson Contor as Johnny Catherine Lambert as Kath Giang Le Huy as Thuy Felicity Electricity as Sandy Ling Yeow as Chen Poh Caroline Mignon as MariaDuncan Hemstock as Kenny CarterEd Rosser as GrandpaPeter Michell as DaveLimited Edition Standee's of the Cast were also made available Release The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on 30 August 2004, at the Boomerang Australian Film Festival (Hungary) on 24 September 2004, at the Hollywood Film Festival in the USA on 17 October 2004, at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival on 26 February 2005, and at the Cannes Film Market on 11 May 2005. Classification The Australian Government Classification Board rated Peaches MA 15+ for its strong