E (right) with Trish (left)
E, a DJ in a Sydney night club, is unhappy with her life. Her boss, the club's sleazy owner Johnny, blocks her from taking gigs at other clubs, seeing her as his best moneymaker. On finding a large bag of money, E and her friend Matt decide it's their chance at a new life. However, this money really belongs to Johnny, who needs it for his bosses. Before long, they're on the run from him, with E seeking refuge at her ex-girlfriend Trish's farm in the Australian outback.Tropes:
- Action Girl: E unhesitatingly fights off some men who harass two drag queen friends of her, later rescuing Trish and then herself from Johnny as well, showing some martial arts skill while also handling a gun well.
- The Beard: E pretends Matt, her Camp Gay best friend, is her husband when she visits her parents to cover up her lesbianism. He has to butch it up significantly so this is plausible.
- Bedroom Adultery Scene: Trish broke up with E after coming home to find her in bed with another woman. She's still bitter about it when the two meet again in the present.
- Camp Gay: Matt, E's best friend. He's gay, makes dresses, has notably effeminate mannerisms and is a gentle Non-Action Guy.
- Closet Gay: E is not out as a lesbian to her parents, as they're Lebanese Christians whom it seems she thinks would reject her. Trish, when they were together, got very frustrated at being called her flat mate and hidden away (with everything she had in their home) whenever they visited.
- Damsel in Distress: Trish is held hostage by Johnny with a knife to her throat, but E saves her.
- Damsel out of Distress: E quickly frees herself when attacked and held down by Johnny.
- Drag Queen: The club where E works has several, and she's friends with them, defending two from being harassed by some homophobic straight men.
- Flashback: E's prior relationship with Trish is continually shown by these during the film.
- Groin Attack: E swiftly kicks one guy who's harassing her draq queen friends in the nuts.
- Making Love in All the Wrong Places: E and another woman have sex in the bathroom.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: E and Matt. She's an Action Girl and tomboy lesbian, Matt's Camp Gay while decidedly the opposite.
- Maybe Ever After: It's indicated that E and Trish may be back together at the end.
- Ms. Fanservice: E and Trish are both good-looking women, having a long sex scene together with both topless.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: E is only called Elmira by her parents, though Trish wrote it once on a postcard addressed to her too.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Johnny is a sleezy, cruel club owner who's also involved with (implied) drug dealing, repeatedly threatening people with bodily harm so he can get his bag of money back. He's the main villain of the plot, while also calling Arabs racial slurs repeatedly, and people of color overall as well.
- R-Rated Opening: In the very first scene, E's making out with another woman, with this turning into sex very quickly.
- Secret Relationship: Trish didn't like having to keep her relationship with E a secret from E's parents (as she hadn't come out) at all, which strained them even prior to their ultimate breakup.
- Sex with the Ex: E and Trish clearly have a strong attraction for each other still even though they're no longer together. When Trish lets E stay at her house a few days, they soon have sex the first night she's there.
- Shout-Out: The title is obviously one to All About Eve, though the plot is nothing like that.
- You Know I'm Black, Right?: Johnny, E's employer, insults Arabs to her face with a variety of slurs. She stares at him incredulously (as he also views her as his best employee) — it's soon revealed she's herself of Lebanese Arab ancestry. Johnny doesn't know, or perhaps care it seems.
- Where Everybody Knows Your Flame: E starts out as the DJ at a night club which it appears caters to LGBT+ people, with drag acts and barechested male dancers as well.
