"?eccentricity-relishing? fun..." ? The Boston Globe"...an ebullient black comedy..." ? The IndependentNOMINEE / Best Original Screenplay / Australian Film Institute AwardsNOMINEE / Best Achievement in Editing / Australian... more » Film Institute AwardsNOMINEE / Best Achievement in Cinematography / Australian Film Institute AwardsNOMINEE / Best Original Screenplay / Australian Writers? Guild AwardsA murderous gourmet comedy with a biteAn on-the-run thief has stumbled into the flat of Flo (Julia Blake ? The Starter Wife, Salem?s Lot) and Minnie (Lynette Curran ? Love My Way, Japanese Story), demanding refuge from pursuing cops. His only problem is the flatfoot on his trail (Simon Chilvers ? Changi, The Farm) who has unknowingly taken up lodgings in the next room.Complications further abound when a gas leak in the fugitive?s room leaves his dead body to be discovered by Flo and Minnie in the morning. With a larcenous history of their own, the women will do everything in their power to keep the death of a harboured criminal under wraps from a veteran sergeant-in-residence? and they will do absolutely anything to hide the body.A scandalous, dark comedy, Mushrooms is the meal for any movie-lover?s palate that will leave you hungry for seconds. approx. 90 mins.« less