
Overview
A teenage girl has to terms with her family and herself when her mother falls critically ill. She decides to leave school to look after her family, which turns outto be an enormous challenge, as she has to deal with her father’s fanatical religion, her brother’s experimentation with drugs and homosexuality, her desire for the wrong boy, and her younger brother and sister’s inability to cope with the family’s instability.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (1988)
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the AACTA Award for Best Film (1988)
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jon StephensScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 6, 1989
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Australia
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In the United States
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