The Everlasting Secret Family ( The Ever lasting Secret Family )

The Everlasting Secret Family (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Ever lasting Secret Family
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Michael Thornhill

Written By:
Frank Moorhouse

Actors:
Arthur Dignam ..... Senator
Mark Lee ..... Youth
Heather Mitchell ..... Wife
Dennis Miller ..... Eric the Chauffeur
Paul Goddard ..... Son
Beth Child ..... Pottery Woman
John Clayton ..... Mayor
Nick Holland ..... New Chauffeur
Bogdan Koca ..... Medical Specialist
John Meillon ..... Judge
Anna Volska ..... Wife's Friend
Allan Penney ..... Gardener
Louis Nowra ..... Shop Assistant
Dominic Barry ..... Bell Captain
Tony Bremner ..... Piano Singer
Alexander Broun ..... Boy #1
Alan Carey ..... Doctor at Oval
Robert Carne ..... Japanese Speaking Boy
Marcus Cornelius ..... Teacher at Oval
Jeffrey Davey ..... School Child #2
Paul Davies ..... Waiter #1
Andrew Dawes ..... Office Person
Vanessa Downing ..... Woman Judge #2
Melany England ..... School Child #3
Ritchie Finger ..... Drag Queen #2
Alton Harvey ..... Cleaner
Johnny H ..... Drag Queen #1
Bruce Hughes ..... Boy #2
Ken Keen ..... Headmaster
Tom Kennedy ..... Synthesiser Player
Michael Kozuki ..... Mr. Akutangana
Vicki Luke ..... Political Secretary
James Maddox ..... Pianist #1
Julia Moody ..... Woman Judge #1
Drew Norman ..... Oil Boy
Helen O'Connor ..... Judge's Associate
Tim Page ..... New Judge
John Paramor ..... Barrister
Victor Ramon ..... Maitre'd #1
Martin Raphael ..... Embracing Man
Jayme Sargent ..... School Child #1
Mark Stucker ..... Waiter #2
Michael Winchester ..... School Teacher

Synopsis:

Based on the life of a prominent Australian politician, Everlasting Secret Family is a provoking film of morality rich in sexual nuance and dramatic conflict. The Senator (Arthur Dignam) and his peers meet as an exclusive 'Family' who secretly recruit young boys from select schools and use them for the decadent purpose of realizing erotic desire. One youth in particular (Mark Lee) attracts the Senator's attention and is led deeper into a world of private distinctions of behavior and thought. When the Senator takes a wife, the young man's temporal reality concludes that without his youth he shall lose his position as the Senator's favorite. To avoid this loss and to maintain his powerful charm, the young man invests his energies in raising the Senator's child. After 16 years, the son (Paul Goddard), influenced by his mentor and companion, becomes a homosexual and is also initiated into the 'Family' upon reaching manhood. The Senator and his son are then both dependent on the love of the handsome youth who has become the focal point in their lives.

A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.

Set in contemporary Australia, a drama dealing with the private and public lives of a prominent politician. Happily married and respected by his constituents, he recruits young boys from exclusive schools to help him realize his sexual fantasies.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 December, 2009.

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