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Mallboy (2001)
Directed by Vincent Giarrusso
“Just Another Ordinary Australian Family”
Drama · 1h 22m
A boy climbs an unsteady path to adulthood under difficult circumstances in this drama from Australia. Shaun (Kane McNay) is a teenager growing up in a run-down suburb of Melbourne. His father Sam (Brett Swain) is in prison, while his mother Jenny (Nell Feeney) is too lost in her problems with alcohol to provide much guidance for her children. Left to his own devices, Shaun commits petty theft, smokes pot, and deals drugs to his friends as they hang out at the nearby shopping mall. Shaun seems unable to reach out to anyone, not even his girlfriend (Lauren Hawker) or Darren (Brett Tucker), a social worker eager to help him. When his father is released from prison and brings his mistress to the "Welcome Home" party Jenny throws for him, Shaun comes to realize that if he is ever to resolve his problems, he will have to do it without the help of his family. Mallboy marked the feature film debut for writer/director Vincent Giarrusso.
Cast
Nell Feeney
Brett Swain
Jo Kennedy
Brett Tucker
Sheryl Munks
Crew
- Director
- Vincent Giarrusso
- Writer
- Vincent Giarrusso
- Director of Photography
- Brendan Lavelle
- Original Music Composer
- Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso
- Editor
- Mark Atkin
- Producer
- Fiona Eagger
Details
- Release date
- 2001-03-13
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Australian Film Commission, SBS Independent, The Premium Movie Partnership, Twenty 20, Film Victoria