The detective also has serious problems of his own, and so, in a funny kind of way, he can fit right in. Hurley is there to investigate the disappearance of a young Aboriginal girl, but this is a cold case from about 20 years ago, and he doesn’t hold out much hope of getting any closer to the truth than the inept cops that originally investigated it. Sen’s decision to present the film in black and white (or possibly desaturated colour) adds to this unearthly glow. He arrives in Coober Pedy, a weird town that has retreated underground, leaving the parched moonscape above littered with a few rusting cars and broken-down caravans. The protagonist – let’s not call him a hero – is down-at-heel detective Travis Hurley (an unshaven Simon Baker). In Ivan Sen’s new film, the whole cast seem to be drifting in time and space, both haunted by the past and not expecting much from the future. In biblical terms, Limbo is the place for unbaptised souls who must be kept waiting before they know their fate.
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