The Year My Voice Broke details

Format: TBC DVD
Starring: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran
Director: John Duigan
Genres: Drama - Romantic, Gay/Lesbian - General
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The Year My Voice Broke
TBC Feature

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Run time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rental release: Not available in UK
Main languages: English
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  • One of the great 'Coming of Age' Films

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By andy4766 (30 reviews) from Nottingham , 05 May 2009

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    Noah Taylor is excellent as Danny Embling, a misfit loner in a small town in rural Australia. There are few films as good at capturing the heartsick feelings of first love that this film does and especially from the perspective of a boy.

    Leone Carmen as Freya, the object of Danny's love/lust, is equally as good as Taylor playing a character that mixes strength, sweetness, fragility and impetuousness.

    This is a gem of a film, a tale of first love but also a ghost story and a comedy about a social misfit, it's deserving of a wider audience- or at least one that feels there's more to tales of adolescence than the usual gross-out fare that Hollywood churns out.

    Probably Duigan's best work, the follow-up (the second in an uncompleted trilogy) 'Flirting' is also recommended but this is the film that really hits home for me.
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  • One of the great 'Coming of Age' Films

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By andy4766 (30 reviews) from Nottingham , 05 May 2009

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    Noah Taylor is excellent as Danny Embling, a misfit loner in a small town in rural Australia. There are few films as good at capturing the heartsick feelings of first love that this film does and especially from the perspective of a boy.

    Leone Carmen as Freya, the object of Danny's love/lust, is equally as good as Taylor playing a character that mixes strength, sweetness, fragility and impetuousness.

    This is a gem of a film, a tale of first love but also a ghost story and a comedy about a social misfit, it's deserving of a wider audience- or at least one that feels there's more to tales of adolescence than the usual gross-out fare that Hollywood churns out.

    Probably Duigan's best work, the follow-up (the second in an uncompleted trilogy) 'Flirting' is also recommended but this is the film that really hits home for me.
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  • Quirky drama in OZ

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By a customer from Bolton , 30 Jan 2008
    Quirky tale of youngsters growing up in a small Australian town which hides a dark secret. Marvelous central performance by a young Noah Taylor, who is just as impressive in the sequel 'Flirting'
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