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The Year My Voice Broke (1988) Certificate TBC

The Year My Voice Broke

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Rated 3.5 stars
Average rating
(73%)
 
Starring: Noah Taylor | Loene Carmen | Ben Mendelsohn | Graeme Blundell | Lynette Curran
Director: John Duigan
Run time: 103 mins
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: (unknown)

The only thing left to break was his heart. Danny and Freya are allies and confidants until the relentless tides of adolescence change them both forever. The hidden sins of a small town's older generation are re-enacted as Danny struggles toward manhood hopelessly in love with his now mesmerizing best friend. She has fallen for a troubled older boy, Trevor, and the three whirl together confused, excited and enthralled by their own budding sexuality.

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Rated 5 stars
One of the great 'Coming of Age' Films

andy4766 from , 5th May, 2009

Noah Taylor is excellent as Danny Embling, a misfit loner in a small town in rural Australia. There are few films as good at capturing the heartsick feelings of first love that this film does and especially from the perspective of a boy. Leone Carmen as Freya, the object of Danny's love/lust, is equally as good as Taylor playing a character that mixes strength, sweetness, fragility and impetuousness. This is a gem of a film, a tale of first love but also a ghost story and a comedy about a social misfit, it's deserving of a wider audience- or at least one that feels there's more to tales of adolescence than the usual gross-out fare that Hollywood churns out. Probably Duigan's best work, the follow-up (the second in an uncompleted trilogy) 'Flirting' is also recommended but this is the film that really hits home for me.

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Rated 4 stars
Quirky drama in OZ

A Customer from Bolton, 30th January, 2008

Quirky tale of youngsters growing up in a small Australian town which hides a dark secret. Marvelous central performance by a young Noah Taylor, who is just as impressive in the sequel 'Flirting'

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