The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Steven VidlerDirector
- Nick EnrightScreenplay
- Steve KilbeyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence BreulsJared Kirby
- Linda CropperDiane Kirby
- Simon LyndonBrett "Ricko" Ricketson
- Chris HaywoodDet. Sgt. Wilansky
- Rebecca SmartCherie Milenko
- Jeanette CroninLesley Warner
- David FieldKen Warner
- Justine ClarkeTiffany
- Essie DavisDet. Gilhooley
- Jessica NapierRachel Ackland
- Bojana NovakovićTracy Warner
- Shayne FrancisGlenys Milenko
Stills
Themes
surfingbased on true storybased on play or musicalbreast cancercoming of agegang rapefather figurebeach partymysterious death