Sep 4, 2026 · 5 min · 7 segments
Today on KIOS at the Movies, host Joshua LaBure reviews the 2004 independent drama Somersault which just received a 4k restoration from Film Movement.
Joshua LaBureHost
Somersault follows a teenager named Heidi, who has a tumultuous relationship with her mother.
After a disturbing encounter with her mother's boyfriend, they get into a huge fight and her mother tells her to leave.
Heidi's distraught, goes off on a journey to find somewhere to live, some way to survive.
She strikes up a relationship with another lost soul named Joe, played by Sam Worthington, who has a hard time letting his guard down due to pressure from society and his father and his friends.
What strikes you immediately about Somersault is how quietly it observes its characters.
She simply watches Heidi move through the world, making choices that are sometimes destructive, sometimes heartbreaking, and always deeply human.
She trusts her actors, she trusts the audience, and she trusts silence in a way that a lot of filmmakers never learn.
Somersault follows a teenager named Heidi, who has a tumultuous relationship with her mother.
After a disturbing encounter with her mother's boyfriend, they get into a huge fight and her mother tells her to leave.
Heidi's distraught, goes off on a journey to find somewhere to live, some way to survive.
She strikes up a relationship with another lost soul named Joe, played by Sam Worthington, who has a hard time letting his guard down due to pressure from society and his father and his friends.
What strikes you immediately about Somersault is how quietly it observes its characters.
She simply watches Heidi move through the world, making choices that are sometimes destructive, sometimes heartbreaking, and always deeply human.
She trusts her actors, she trusts the audience, and she trusts silence in a way that a lot of filmmakers never learn.
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