Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1978)
- Directed by
- Rod Kinnear
- Genre
- drama, tv movie
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of Australian sugarcane cutters return to Melbourne after the season ends to reunite with the women they love. Their annual tradition of summer fun and romance begins to fray as expectations shift and age catches up with them.
theatricalbittersweetdatedemotionalslow-pacednostalgicearnestdialogue-driven
What happens
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a 1978 Australian television film adaptation of the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. It was a filmed version of the Melbourne Theatre Company's version of the play. The MTC had performed the entire "Doll" trilogy. The performances were filmed and broadcast on Channel Seven. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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