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Lucas Pittaway | ... | ||
Bob Adriaens | ... |
Gavin
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Louise Harris | ... |
Elizabeth Harvey
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Frank Cwiertniak | ... |
Jeffrey
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Matthew Howard | ... |
Nicholas
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Marcus Howard | ... |
Alex
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Anthony Groves | ... |
Troy
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Richard Green | ... |
Barry
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Aaron Viergever | ... |
Robert
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Denis Davey | ... |
Guitar Player
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Allan Chapple | ... |
Prayer Reader
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Beau Gosling | ... |
David
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Brendan Rock | ... |
Marcus
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Bryan Sellars | ... |
Minister
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Daniel Henshall | ... |
Sixteen-year-old Jamie lives with his mother, Elizabeth, and two younger brothers, Alex and Nicholas, in a housing trust home in Adelaide's northern suburbs. Their home is but one of many sun-starved houses crammed together to cater for a disenfranchised society. Jamie longs for an escape from the violence and hopelessness that surrounds him and his salvation arrives in the form of John, a charismatic man who unexpectedly comes to his aid. As John spends more and more time with Jamie's family, Elizabeth and her boys begin to experience a stability and sense of family that they have never known. John moves from the role of Jamie's protector to that of a mentor, indoctrinating Jamie into his world, a world brimming with bigotry, righteousness and malice. Like a son mimicking his father, Jamie soon begins to take on some of John's traits and beliefs as he spends more and more time with him and his select group of friends. The protection and guidance that John presents to Jamie is ... Written by Anonymous
I don't understand why people are coming down on this film, i thought it was amazing and spectacularly represented the emotions of the people involved rather than the actions. I am glad it didn't go into all the violence into more detail even though i know the real killings were worse than depicted in the film. I think that it was not the intention of the director to have another gory wolf creek serial killer story.
I had not heard any hype about the young actor looking like heath ledger until now but had commented to my partner a few times in the movie how striking the similarity was!
I loved this film and thought it was well directed and have no idea how the actors got through some of those scenes.. well done.