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Director: |
Peter Carstairs
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Starring: |
Mia Wasikowska, Xavier Samuel, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Kelton Pell, Sibylla Budd, Lisa Flanagan, Paul Gleeson, Alice McConnell, Tara Morice, Clarence John Ryan
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Genres: |
Drama, Australian
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Origin: |
Australia
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
English
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Ed (Xavier Samuel) and Paddy(Clarence John Ryan) have been best friends for as long as they can remember. While Ed goes to school, Paddy works with his father, Michael(Kelton Pell) labouring without pay on the farm owned by Ed's father,Rick (Kieran Darcy-Smith). Ed and Paddy spend their afternoons together - laughing, reading, smoking and building their own make-shift boxing ring in the golden wheat fields where they spar each day and dream of future glories. Their two families maintain a friendship while grappling with social
and racial boundaries. But the winds of change, however, soon blow their way - both from within and from without. A new girl, Amelia (Mia Wasikowska) moves into the neighbourhood, increasingly becoming the focus of Ed's attention. At the same time, the national Aboriginal rights movement is gathering momentum and, when white farmers are finally forced to start paying wages to Aboriginal workers, the delicate, though unjust equilibrium of Michael and Rick's relationship cannot be sustained. For the first time, Paddy starts to see things as they really are and the result is heartbreaking.
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