Is This the Real World

Is This the Real World (DVD) (*)

~~$28.99~~ $25.98

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
87 min + 21 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2015 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Martin McKenna

Written By:
Martin McKenna

Actors:
Sean Keenan ..... Mark
Greg Stone ..... Mr. Rickard
Matt Colwell ..... Jimmy
Julia Blake ..... Gamma
Charlotte Best ..... Kim
Hannes Berger ..... Mr. Kelly
Aaron Bethune ..... Archie
Philip Chen ..... Chu
Jack Finsterer ..... Mr. Edgerton
Tim Grimes ..... Bodhi
Peter Hardy ..... Mr. Colley
Michael Logo ..... Tank
Elise MacDougall ..... Marley
Susie Porter ..... Anna
Jiordan Tolli ..... Caitlyn
Sophie Wright ..... Lana

Synopsis:

In the real world you can't just do what you want. In the real world you have to compromise. Mark Blazey does not want to live in the real world. Living in a semi-industrial coastal town, seventeen-year old Mark is a smart kid from a chaotic family who has just thrown away a scholarship to a private school and found himself at the local high. At school Mark is zeroed in on by an overbearing principal who dominates everything around him. At home Mark is dealing with a jail-bound brother, his grandmother is fighting for her life, and a mum who's short fuse is kept doused with cask wine. His little sister is someone he wants to protect. When Mark finds his first real love he tries to escape all the forces in his life with her. But his love is with the daughter of his nemesis, the school principal. Simmering tensions boil over between the student and the teacher, between the son and his mother.

Mark doesnt want to live in the real world. In the real world you cant just do what you want. In the real world you have to compromise. Growing up in an Australian coastal town, Mark locks into a relentless battle of wills with a controlling headmaster. Mark is a smart kid from a chaotic family who has just thrown away a scholarship to a private school and found himself at the local high, to the dismay of his mother and grandma. His singleparent mother, Anna, is struggling to keep the family together and protect her young daughter, while older brother Jimmy is on a path back to jail. When Mark finds his first real love Kim, he tries to escape all the forces in his life with her.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 30 November, 2016.