A warm, witty battle of the sexes.

Award winningwriter David Williamson's keen observation of married life isput to the testin The Perfectionist, a wittyslice-of-life dramapresenting a familyin crisisduring anera of domestic change. Living the suburbandream in middle-class Sydney, Barbara (Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom) and Stewart (AFI Award winner John Waters, Offspring) have three kids and are rapidly approaching a cross roads in their lives. Stuart is an academic, focused on his all-important thesis.Chomping at the bit to further her limited education and feeling that her children are old enough to cope,Barbara decidesto puther housewife duties asidein order topursue a course of study at university. Against the will of her husband,Barbara employs a Swedish babysitter, Eric (Steven Vidler, Two Hands),to keep an eye on the kids, leaving Stewart tosuck up the jealousy and uncomfortably endurethe presence of another man interfering in the affairs of his family - placingall manner ofpressure on their troubled marriage.