Holding the Man

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Synopsis

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Directed by

Neil Armfield

Written by

Tommy Murphy, Timothy Conigrave

Cast

Ryan Corr

Timothy Conigrave

Craig Stott

John Caleo

Guy Pearce

Dick Conigrave

Sarah Snook

Pepe Trevor

Anthony LaPaglia

Bob Caleo

Geoffrey Rush

Barry

Camilla Ah Kin

Lois Caleo

Kerry Fox

Mary Gert Conigrave

Tom Hobbs

Peter Craig

Jacob Collins-Levy

Andrew

Tony Rickards

Mr. O'Connell

Lee Cormie

Eric

PiaGrace Moon

Prue

Tegan Higginbotham

Gina

LU

Luke Christopoulos

Chris Caleo (13 years)

Santo Tripodi

Michael Caleo

Details

Released

August 27, 2015

Runtime

2h 8m

Status

Released

Language

EN

Country

Australia

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