After making a misjudged advance towards her mother's boyfriend, 16-year-old Heidi (Cornish) flees her home for the small Australian ski town of Jindabyne. Entranced by the startling beauty of the wintry landscapes and falling snow, she begins to create a new life for herself. With little money or practical experience, she accepts a job at a petrol station and finds lodging with Irene (Curran). When she falls for Joe (Worthington), the son of a wealthy local farmer, her self-destructive tendencies re-surface, and her fragile new world threatens to come tumbling down. An erotic, lyrical depiction of a young girl s sexual awakening, SOMERSAULT is a breakthrough debut for both its director and its star.