The FJ Holden (1977)

Directed by

Michael Thornhill

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of young men in 1970s suburban Sydney as they hang out, drink, and struggle to balance friendship with romantic relationships. It shows their aimless lives in a place that offers little hope or direction.

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What happens

The FJ Holden is a 1977 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill. The FJ Holden is a snapshot of the life of young teenage men in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia in the 1970s and deals with the characters' difficulty in reconciling mateship with respect for a girlfriend. Debi Enker in Australian Cinema comments: "The FJ Holden presents the suburbs as a cultural and spiritual desert. It is a place where regular bouts with the bottle are the only antidote for lives without hope or direction." The film initially received a R classification from the Australian Film Board of Review, but after an appeal to the censors it was revised to a M classification for moderate sex scenes and moderate coarse language. However, all states except Victoria and New South Wales exercised their right to override the Commonwealth decision and retained the R classification. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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