![]() Jasper is interrogated roughly by the local police, but he soon escapes. As Jeffrey wins the game on the last ball, Charlie and Eliza hold hands and embrace.Ī search for the missing girl is soon organised, focused on the idea that she may have run away. Eventually fortune goes his way, and he finds himself batting in a game against a rival town, watched by Charlie, who has befriended Eliza, Laura Wishart's younger sister. ![]() Jeffrey is passionate about cricket, but his attempts to join the Corrigan team are thwarted by the racism of the coach and other players. Jasper, aware that he is likely to be blamed for Laura's murder, convinces Charlie that they should hide the body, so they throw it into a nearby pond, weighted by a large rock. Here Charlie is horrified to find the dead body of a young girl, Jasper's girlfriend Laura Wishart, battered and hanging from a tree. Jasper begs for Charlie's help, and leads him to his private glade in the bush. On Christmas evening Charlie is unexpectedly visited by Jasper Jones, an outcast in Corrigan due to his Aboriginal heritage and rebellious lifestyle. Eliza Wishart, a local girl, and daughter of the mayor of the town becomes more and more endeared towards Charlie. Charlie spends his days with his best friend Jeffrey Lu, a Vietnamese boy who shares Charlie's love of intellectual banter, and deals stoically with the constant race-hate inflicted on him and his family. In 1969, Charlie Bucktin is a 14-year-old boy living in the fictitious rural town of Corrigan, based on the real rural town Corrigin in Western Australia. The film was released in 2017 and is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Craig Silvey. Jasper Jones is an Australian mystery drama film directed by Rachel Perkins. ![]()
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