“Hoodwink” draws inspiration from the real-life tale of an Australian swindler who momentarily captivated the media, though not the law enforcement. The film features John Hargreaves as a convict in a New South Wales prison. Unenthusiastic about the hard labor expected of inmates, he devises a clever scheme to avoid it. Hargreaves feigns complete blindness, thereby reducing his workload, and successfully maintains this deception for several years.