The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
- Starring:
- Noah Taylor, Leone Carmen, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Duigan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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The life of a teen in an isolated small town is the subject of Australian writer/director John Duigan's film, set in 1962 in New South Wales. Duigan's coming-of-age story has many familiar elements -- Danny Embling (Noah Taylor) discovers his sexual attraction to a childhood playmate (Leone Carmen as Freya), he undergoes the taunts of bullies at his school, rages against the narrow-minded views of his parents and many of the townspeople, and comes under the influence of a sympathetic adult (Bruce Spence as Jonah, a would-be writer who lives in an abandoned railroad car). The twist is that Danny's rival for Freya's affections, Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn), is a Jewish jock who becomes Danny's friend by standing up to the bullies and treating Freya with more respect than the other boys do. Duigan, who had been making films in Australia since the mid-'70s, broke through to U.S. audiences with this film and its sequel, Flirting, in which Noah Taylor reprises the lead role. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Noah Taylor - Danny Embling
- Ben Mendelsohn - Trevor
- Lynette Curran - Anne Olson
- Bruce Spence - Jonah
- Tim Robertson - Bob Leishman
- Nick Tate - Sgt. Pierce
- Kelly Dingwall - Barry
- Mary Regan - Miss McColl
- Allan Penney - Martin
- Leone Carmen - Freya
- Graeme Blundell - Nils Olson
- Malcolm Robertson - Bruce Embling
- Judi Farr - Sheila Embling
- Harold Hopkins - Tom Alcock
- Vincent Ball - Headmaster
- Colleen Clifford - Gran Olson
- Matthew Ross - Malseed
- Dorothy St. Heaps - Mrs. Beal
- Director(s):
- John Duigan
- Writer(s):
- John Duigan
- Producer(s):
- Doug Mitchell, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Not For Children, Profanity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content)
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- 1987 - The Year My Voice Broke - Australian Film Institute Awards - Best Picture
