Puberty Blues (1981)

Directed by

Bruce Beresford

Genre

comedy drama, sport film, coming-of-age film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage girls in 1970s Sydney navigate surf culture, peer pressure, and the ups and downs of growing up. The film follows their attempts to fit in with the popular crowd along the beach.

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What happens

Puberty Blues is a 1981 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey. The film stars Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja as teenagers in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney. It was both a commercial and critical success in Australia. It was followed by a TV series adaptation of the same name in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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