The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke

1987 · 105 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.0 (29 votes)
Dir. John Duigan · Starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran, Malcolm Robertson · Danny Embling Collection

It was incredible. It was the year that changed everything. Forever.

DramaRomance

Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, changing the lives of everyone involved.

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A tender, melancholic look at first love and the awkwardness of adolescence in 1960s rural Australia. It captures the ache of unrequited feelings and the quiet beauty of a changing world.

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