Land of the
Long White Cloud
Florian Habicht
75 minutes
Claimed to be the largest surfcasting event in the world, the annual Ninety Mile Beach Red Snapper Classic attracts hundreds of anglers for five days every February to compete for a suite of prizes, including $50,000 cash for the biggest snapper. Habicht joins them, camera in hand, full of questions about what they might be thinking as they engage in this elemental and apparently very relaxing pursuit. How will they spend the prize money? Do they believe in an afterlife? Habicht relishes in the relationship, his sensitive and unconventional line of enquiry is welcomed by all and their responses are equally generous. There are interludes of boisterous carousing, grueling scenes of snapper passion, and long and lovely shots of the long and lovely beach. The amiable atmosphere of tolerance, fish and philosophy is the ultimate catch.