Noodles for Shakespeare: Pygmalion Down Under

Its Pygmalion and Educating Rita Down Under. In 1975 the Communists captured Saigon. A family of six flee with their youngest Thanh aged two. Its a terrifying escape on a tiny boat overloaded with desperate refugees. In Melbourne Australia English Literature teacher David introduces Shakespeare using the wit of Groucho Marx. David retires and hits a brick wall. Broke and alone he rents a shoebox in Footscray surrounded by Vietnamese immigrants. His neighbour is the now 25-year-old Thanh who escaped decades ago. She only speaks Vietnamese. He offers to teach her English or rather Elizabethan English the language of Shakespeare. She rattles off verily forsooth and skimble-skamble my Lord. Their relationship develops. Has the young Vietnamese woman fallen for her senior Aussie teacher? With weird and wonderful family members interfering can Thanh succeed? Will her love for David bring happiness? And will The Bard ever get the same recognition as Groucho Marx?