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The Boy Who Had Everything (1984)

The Boy Who Had Everything poster
Directed by
Stephen Wallace
Genre
coming-of-age film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
3.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his wealthy family home after school. He struggles with his mother's expectations and his own uncertain future.

nostalgicbittersweetquietly observantmelancholicslightly tenseintimateearnestintrospective

What happens

The Boy Who Had Everything is a 1984 Australian film written and directed by Stephen Wallace. Its video title was Winner Takes All. It won the award for best screenplay at the Australian Film Institute. Jason Connery and Diane Cilento, who play mother and son in the film, are real-life mother and son. The film was also entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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