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Palm Beach (1980)

Palm Beach poster
Directed by
Albie Thoms
Genre
sport film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
3.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drama set in Sydney over two days following interconnected stories about surfing and drugs.

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What happens

Palm Beach is a 1980 Australian drama film directed by Albie Thoms. The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney during two days. Thoms was nominated for an AFI award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Thoms had made a large number of experimental films but this was his first traditional feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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