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Head On (1998)

13/08/1998 (AU)Drama1h 44m
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Full on. All night. Come on.

Overview

Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Alex Dimitriades

      Alex Dimitriades

      Ari

    2. Paul Capsis

      Paul Capsis

      Johnny

    3. Julian Garner

      Julian Garner

      Sean

    4. Elena Mandalis

      Elena Mandalis

      Betty

    5. Tony Nikolakopoulos

      Tony Nikolakopoulos

      Dimitri

    6. Damien Fotiou

      Damien Fotiou

      Joe

    7. Eugenia Fragos

      Sophia

    8. Dora Kaskanis

      Dina

    9. Alex Papps

      Alex Papps

      Peter

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    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Aug 28, 2023

    Alex Dimitriades is "Ari" - a young Greek man whose family emigrated to live in Melbourne, where he is struggling to get job. To kill time, he hangs around with his mates snorting cocaine and - on the quiet - meeting men for casual sex. It's not really a "gay" film; it is a much broader analysis of a young man with neither the roots of his country, nor of a relationship to help him through his rather meaningless existence. His community is trying to straddle their need to honour their homeland traditions whilst adapting to the "tolerances" of their new home - brought to a head by some fairly g...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget-

    Revenue$378,667.00

    Keywords

    • bisexuality
    • melbourne, australia
    • drugs
    • lgbt
    • woman director
    • gay theme