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13/08/1998 Drama 1h 44m
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Full on. All night. Come on.

Overview

Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

  1. Ana Kokkinos

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alex Dimitriades

    Ari

  2. Paul Capsis

    Johnny

  3. Julian Garner

    Sean

  4. Elena Mandalis

    Betty

  5. Tony Nikolakopoulos

    Dimitri

  6. Damien Fotiou

    Joe

  7. Eugenia Fragos

    Sophia

  8. Dora Kaskanis

    Dina

  9. Alex Papps

    Peter

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-28
Alex Dimitriades is "Ari" - a young Greek man whose family emigrated to live in Melbourne, where he is struggling to get job. To kill time, he hangs around with his mates snorting cocaine and - on the quiet - meeting men for casual sex. It's not really a "gay" film; it is a much broader analysis of a young man with neither the roots of his country, nor of a relationship to help him through his rather meaningless existence. His community is trying to straddle their need to honour their homeland traditions whilst adapting to the "tolerances" of their new home - brought to a head by some fairly g...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$378,667.00

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