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25 January 2001 (Australia) moreGenre:
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The world of 14 year old Shaun revolves around his broken family home, and a group of truant friends... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Utterly real slice of life drama. A dazzling directorial debut. more (5 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kane McNay | ... | Shaun |
| Nell Feeney-Connor | ... | Jenny (as Nell Feeney) |
| Brett Swain | ... | Sam |
| Maxie Rickard | ... | Tanya |
| Sarah Naumoff | ... | Joanne |
 | Lauren Hawker | ... | Sue |
| Ryan Paine | ... | Laurie |
| Ronald Grima | ... | Dean |
| Brett Tucker | ... | Darren |
| Sheryl Munks | ... | Pam |
| Victoria Eagger | ... | Yvonne |
| John Penman | ... | Brian |
| Susan Godfrey | ... | Constable Tamara |
| Helen Doig | ... | Ann-Marie |
| Pauline Terry-Beitz | ... | Jean |
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With a nod to Italian neo-realism, first time director Vincent Giarrusso takes us into the world of a working class 14 year old Australian boy. The result is a confronting and powerful work - never patronising to its characters - with a semi-documentary style that masks the great artistry that went behind it. The cinematography of Brendan Lavelle is brilliant - excellent because it is unobtrusive. The haunting music of Glen Bennie and the director is also fine.
And the performances of the entire cast are superb. You can't help but single out the work of Nell Feeney as Jenny (Shaun's mother), she will move you to tears. But at the heart of the film is the extraordinary performance of Kane McNay as Shaun - he is staggeringly good. For an actor so young to carry a film like this is miraculous - I think we will see a lot more of this boy in the future.
So bravo to Vincent Giarrusso (writer, director, composer) for creating this superb movie - it may not be a side of Australian life that we feel comfortable revealing to the world, but it is perhaps the most accurate depiction of that side that I have ever seen. And in the end you love these flawed but very real human beings. 10 stars.