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December Boys (2007)

December Boys poster
Directed by
Rod Hardy
Genre
drama film, romance film, coming-of-age film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 215 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four orphan boys spend a seaside summer together and compete for the chance to be adopted by a visiting couple. The story focuses on their friendships and the rivalry that develops among them.

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What happens

December Boys is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Marc Rosenberg and adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Michael Noonan. It was released on 14 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United States and 20 September 2007 in Australia. The film follows four orphan boys who compete to be adopted by a family. This was Daniel Radcliffe's first non-Harry Potter film role since his film debut in The Tailor of Panama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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