The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
John Duigan

Written By:
John Duigan

Actors:
Noah Taylor ..... Danny Embling
Loene Carmen ..... Freya Olson
Ben Mendelsohn ..... Trevor Leishman
Graeme Blundell ..... Nils Olson
Lynette Curran ..... Anne Olson
Malcolm Robertson ..... Bruce Embling
Judi Farr ..... Sheila Embling
Tim Robertson ..... Bob Leishman
Bruce Spence ..... Jonah
Harold Hopkins ..... Tom Alcock
Nick Tate ..... Sergeant Pierce
Vincent Ball ..... Headmaster
Anja Coleby ..... Gail Olson
Kylie Ostara ..... Alison
Kelly Dingwall ..... Barry

Synopsis:

The Year My Voice Broke is set in the summer of 1962 in a remote New South Wales country town. Adopted as a baby, sixteen year-old Freya (Loene Carmen) is a constant target of cruel gossip and speculation. Spirited and independent, her one ally is Danny (Noah Taylor), who has been in love with her as long as he can remember. From a distance, Danny watches helplessly as Freya falls for the town tearaway, Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn). Trevor's and Freya's relationship has explosive results that change everything and trigger Danny's discovery of the town's darkest secret.

The life of a teen in an isolated small town is the subject of Australian writer/director John Duigan's film, set in 1962 in New South Wales. Duigan's coming-of-age story has many familiar elements -- Danny Embling (Noah Taylor) discovers his sexual attraction to a childhood playmate (Leone Carmen as Freya), he undergoes the taunts of bullies at his school, rages against the narrow-minded views of his parents and many of the townspeople, and comes under the influence of a sympathetic adult (Bruce Spence as Jonah, a would-be writer who lives in an abandoned railroad car). The twist is that Danny's rival for Freya's affections, Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn), is a Jewish jock who becomes Danny's friend by standing up to the bullies and treating Freya with more respect than the other boys do. Duigan, who had been making films in Australia since the mid-'70s, broke through to U.S. audiences with this film and its sequel, Flirting, in which Noah Taylor reprises the lead role.

Danny and Freya have been very close friends since childhood and now they find themselves struggling with their emotions and feelings as they approach adulthood.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 July, 2009.

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