What if the one thing standing between you and your future was the ghost of who you used to be? Premiering Saturday 28 March at 8.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand, Homebodies is a bold, surprising and heartfelt Australian family drama that explores the courage it takes to accept the ghosts of our past.
Fresh from its selection for this year’s prestigious Series Mania, the series stars Claudia Karvan (Bump, Puberty Blues, Love My Way), Luke Wiltshire (Boyish and With Love, Lottie) and Jazi Hall (Playing Gracie Darling), and follows Darcy (Wiltshire), a trans man who reluctantly returns to his regional hometown to care for his estranged mother Nora (Karvan).
But home isn’t as he left it. Nora has been living with a secret housemate: Dee (Hall), the teenage ghost of Darcy’s pre-transition self.
As old wounds resurface, Darcy must confront the parts of himself he tried to leave behind or risk losing himself entirely.
Luke Wiltshire brings warmth and vulnerability to the role of Darcy, following award-winning performances in Boyish and With Love, Lottie as he confronts Dee, his teenage self, played with delightful mischief by Jazi Hall.
Claudia Karvan, one of Australia’s most respected screen actors plays Nora, a single mother navigating love, grief and the courage to grow. The cast also features Roxie Mohebbi (Critical Incident, Run, He Had it Coming) who plays George, his charming childhood crush with a few surprises of her own.
Set in the fictional town of Torwoo and filmed in Oberon and Portland in regional New South Wales, Homebodies blends humour, heart and a playful ghost story to explore identity, family and the messy work of reconciliation. At its core, it's a deeply human story about a mother and son learning how to see each other again.
Launching ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday 31 March, Homebodies will have its world premiere in France next month after being selected for this year’s Series Mania.
Creator and writer, AP Pobjoy said, “We are thrilled to bring Homebodies to SBS audiences - a personal story about identity, family and coming home. We’ve been so lucky to work with a fantastic cast, including Claudia Karvan, Luke Wiltshire and Jazi Hall, who have brought extraordinary depth and authenticity to these roles, grounding the supernatural in something deeply human.
Homebodies will be open captioned and subtitled on SBS On Demand in five different languages including: Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese and Korean.
Homebodies will premiere on Saturday 28 March at 8.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand.
