He eventually comes back and goes through withdrawal in an attempt to stay sober, prioritising his relationship with Milla over his drug addiction.Īfter Milla's 17th birthday party, a happy occasion, she reveals to Moses that she is in constant pain and knows the end is near. For a while, the family and Moses live in a kind of harmony, until Milla discovers her father is drugging Moses. Later Henry tracks Moses down and asks him to come live with the family, promising him access to drugs as long as he continues to make Milla happy. Milla becomes angry, believing that Moses is using her for her father's access to drugs, and kicks him out of her home.

When Milla gets ill at home, Anna realises that Moses had stolen her medication. Her distraught parents eventually track the weakened Milla down and take her to the hospital.Īware that they are unable to stop the relationship between Milla and Moses, Henry and Anna become more permissive of their relationship allowing Moses to frequently visit her. They later spend the night together on a rooftop, where Moses abandons Milla. After she tracks him down one night Moses takes her on his drug runs and then to a party. Moses continues to visit Milla at school. The following day Anna warns Moses to stay away from her daughter. Milla and Henry wake up and are alerted to the situation, but while Henry wants to call the police Milla pleads for leniency, which Anna allows, noticing how much happier Milla is with Moses. Both are uncomfortable with Moses due to the age difference between him and Milla, but are permissive due to Milla's illness.Ī while later, Anna wakes up at night and discovers Moses in the process of robbing the family for prescription drugs. Milla quickly develops a crush on Moses and introduces him to her parents: Anna, a musician, and Henry, a psychiatrist. On her way home from school one day she meets 23-year-old Moses on a railway platform, and he almost immediately asks her for money. Milla Finlay is a 16-year-old school girl, recently diagnosed with cancer. Scanlen plays Milla, a 16-year-old girl from a wealthy family who falls in love with a drug-addict named Moses shortly before she has a cancer recurrence. It was released in Australia on 23 July 2020 by Universal Pictures and won nine AACTA awards, including Best Film. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2019. It stars Eliza Scanlen (in her first film appearance), Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis, and Ben Mendelsohn. Babyteeth is a 2019 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Shannon Murphy from a screenplay by Rita Kalnejais, based upon her stage play of the same name.

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