Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Blackrock (1997)
- Dir. Steve Vidler
Feat. Nichole Avramidis, George Basha, Gina Bortolin - Pitching headlong into the Newcastle surfie/petrol–head scene, this forthright Aussie drama (taken from a stageplay) scrutinises the community…
Going to School with Dad on My Back (Bei qi baba shangxue) (1997)- Dir. Youchou Zhou
- Straightforwardly touching tale of a young boy, who with the help of his selfless family, graduates from his impoverished Malian River village to the…
Hurricane Streets (1997)- Dir. Morgan J. Freeman
Feat. Brendon Sexton III, Antoine McLean - The excellent Brendan Sexton III (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE) does a sympathetic about–turn for this unflashy take on teenage delinquency. It…
La Vie de Jesus (Life of Jesus) (1997)- Dir. Bruno Dumont
- Virtuoso bleakness from the dir. of TWENTYNINE PALMS, in his debut study of alienated existence for a group of unruly skinheads in rural Flanders who…
Last of the High Kings (1997)- Dir. David Keating
Feat. Jared Leto, Christina Ricci, Gabriel Byrne… - An irreverent flashback to late 70s Dublin, where Jared Leto ducks the familiar teenage troubles: girls, school and eccentric relations. Strong cast,…
Slab Boys, The (1997)- Dir. John Byrne
Feat. Russell Barr, Bill Gardiner, Robin Laing… - A quiff–headed rites–of–passage in dead–end 1950s Scotland, follows three apprentice dripheads at a carpet factory and their…
Suburbia (1997)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn… - Dir. Linklater returns to his favourite milieu – the teen angst movie – only this time working from someone else's material, a play by…
Sugar Factory, The (1997)- Dir. Robert Carter
Feat. Matt Day - The director adapts his novel about a disturbed Aussie teenager (Matt Day) searching for love and meaning in his life after a string of traumatic…
True Love and Chaos (1997)- Dir. Stavros Andonis Efthymiou
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto - A half–baked script straight out of the same Melbourne film school that produced LOVE & OTHER CATASTROPHES leaves an Aussie brat–pack…
Twin Town (1997)- Dir. Kevin Allen
Feat. Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas… - The creators of TRAINSPOTTING lend their executive stamp to this anarchic tale of village dysfunction, set in a quiet Welsh community. Crooked…
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