All the Green Year (1980)

Directed by

Douglas Sharp

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three boys come of age in a small Australian town just before the Great Depression hits. The story follows their adventures, friendships, and the quiet weight of change as childhood fades.

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What happens

All the Green Year is a six-part Australian television series based on a novel about three boys growing up near Melbourne on the eve of the Great Depression, that aired on the ABC in 1980. It is based on the book of the same name by Don Charlwood, first published in 1965. The book sold over 100,000 copies and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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