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"It was incredible. It was the year that changed everything. Forever."
Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, changing the lives of everyone involved.
31 Cast Members
Noah Taylor
Danny Embling
Loene Carmen
Freya Olsen
Ben Mendelsohn
Trevor Leishman
Graeme Blundell
Nils Olson
Lynette Curran
Anne Olson
Malcolm Robertson
Bruce Embling
Judi Farr
Sheila Embling
Tim Robertson
Bob Leishman
Bruce Spence
Jonah
Harold Hopkins
Tom Alcock
Nick Tate
Sergeant Pierce
Anja Coleby
Gail Olson
Kylie Ostara
Alison
Kelly Dingwall
Barry
Dorothy St. Heaps
Mrs. Beal
Colleen Clifford
Gran Olson
Vincent Ball
Headmaster
Kevin Manser
Mr. Keith
Emma Lyle
Lisa
Louise Birgan
Lyn
