Few can resist a good murder mystery, which is exactly what LAST STOP LARRIMAH is, albeit in larger-than-life documentary form.

Quite literally in the middle of nowhere in Australia’s Northern Territory, the run-down and forgotten little town of Larrimah couldn’t be any less assuming. The ten remaining residents (yes, ten) are like forgotten troops at an outpost. Few of them get along, bringing them all under police and national media scrutiny, given the unusual circumstances of the victim’s disappearance.

Directed by Thomas Tancred and produced by the Duplass Brothers, Last Stop Larrimah honors the twists and turns any good murder mystery relies on. But what makes the film worthy of the silver screen are the surviving inhabitants of Larrimah. The murder victim, Patty, the eleventh member of the town’s population, is an exceptional character as well, as portrayed in video material of him recorded prior to his death.

Ultimately the movie is less about who committed the crime than about the strange circumstances surrounding it. The town and its inhabitants are straight out of a Tom Waits song, with that wonderful mix of humor, loneliness, quirkiness, and tragedy.