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    Year My Voice Broke, The (1987)

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    An intelligent, downbeat coming-of-age film set in a small country town in Australia in 1962.

    The 15-year-old protagonist Danny (Noah Taylor) suffers heartbreak when the girl he loves – his best friend, the beautiful and free-spirited Freya (Loene Carmen) – becomes pregnant by older boy Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn) and then leaves town.

    Danny was always convinced that Freya would fall for him if he could become witty and entertaining.  Unfortunately, all his hopes die a miserable death when she meets extroverted wild boy, Trevor.

    Danny thinks that Trevor is  a meathead thug, but glumly admits that this thug is also the star of the local football team. Freya is entranced, and – miserably – Danny watches his best friend and Trev fall in love.

    The young actors in the lovesick triangle – Taylor, Carmen, and Mendelsohn – bring their characters to life with subtle authority. Carmen is terrific as the free-spirited Freya – beautiful in a natural way, and her personality shines through.

    The two male leads are equally impressive. Mendelsohn and Taylor have charisma and the ability to cope equally well with comedy and drama.

    Top Australian actors like Bruce Spence, Graeme Blundell, Nick Tate and Judi Farr are used in crucial but minor roles to tighten and streamline what is actually a very complex film.

    The much-acclaimed Flirting (1989), with Nicole Kidman, was a sequel of sorts in which Danny, played again by Noah Taylor, goes to boarding school.

    Danny Embling
    Noah Taylor
    Freya Olson
    Loene Carmen
    Trevor Leishman
    Ben Mendelsohn
    Nils Olson
    Graeme Blundell
    Anne Olson
    Lynette Curran
    Bruce Embling
    Malcolm Robertson
    Sheila Embling
    Judi Farr
    Bob Leishman
    Tim Robertson
    Jonah
    Bruce Spence
    Tom Alcock
    Harold Hopkins
    Gail Olson
    Anja Coleby
    Alison
    Kylie Ostara
    Barry
    Kelly Dingwall
    Mrs Beal
    Dorothy St. Heaps
    Gran Olson
    Colleen Clifford
    Headmaster
    Vincent Ball
    Mr Keith
    Kevin Manser
    Lisa
    Emma Lyle
    Lyn
    Louise Birgan
    Miss McColl
    Mary Regan
    Malseed
    Matthew Ross
    Martin
    Allan Penney
    Mrs O’Neil
    Queenie Ashton
    Pierdon 
    Rob Carlton
    Sergeant Pierce
    Nick Tate

    Director
    John Duigan

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