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Mallboy

5.0 82 mins Drama   2001
Australian Film Commission   SBS Independent   The Premium Movie Partnership   Twenty 20   Film Victoria  
Director(s): Vincent Giarrusso

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.

Casts of Mallboy

Kane McNay

as Shaun

Nell Feeney

as Jenny

Brett Swain

as Sam

Joey Kennedy

as Janice

Brett Tucker

as Darren

Maxie Rickard

as Tanya

Sarah Naumoff

as Joanne

Lauren Hawker

as Sue

Ronald Grima

as Dean

Sheryl Munks

as Pam

Victoria Eagger

as Yvonne

John Penman

as Brian

Susan Godfrey

as Constable Tamara

Helen Doig

as Ann-Marie

Vincent Gil

as Mad Frank

Marcia Ferguson

as Tracy

Andrea Swifte

as Manager

Georgina Naidu

as Lipstick Woman

Damien Richardson

as Security Guard

Jade Wilkin

as Checkout Chick

Mick Graham

as Chris

Monty Mason

as Kid #1

Marcus McGlashan

as Kid #2

Liz Welch

as Shona

Ryan Paine

as Laurie

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