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13 August 1998 (Australia) moreTagline:
full on - all night - come onPlot:
A 19 year old Greek youth struggles with his sexual identity and has several homosexual and a clumsy heterosexual encounters. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
9 wins & 15 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Heads up moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Alex Dimitriades | ... | Ari |
 | Paul Capsis | ... | Johnny |
 | Julian Garner | ... | Sean |
| Elena Mandalis | ... | Betty |
| Tony Nikolakopoulos | ... | Dimitri |
| Damien Fotiou | ... | Joe |
| Eugenia Fragos | ... | Sophia |
| Dora Kaskanis | ... | Dina |
| María Mercedes | ... | Tasia |
| Alex Papps | ... | Peter |
| Vassili Zappa | ... | Vassili |
| Andrea Mandalis | ... | Alex |
| Chris Kaglaros | ... | Groom |
| Ourania Sideropoulos | ... | Bride |
| Anthony Lyritzis | ... | Boy in Car |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
104 minCountry:
AustraliaColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFun Stuff
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Continuity: In a sex scene between Aria and Dina, the actress' sweater is buttoned closed but her body double's sweater is fully open. moreSoundtrack:
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When the booked "Loaded" was released the author explained that the reason he wrote the book was that there were already enough gay friendly movies and books out there to allow him to write an honest portrayal of gay life. It is not negative, it is simply honest.
Ari (played by the Hunk of Australian TV and movies Alex Dimitriades) is a young Greek man who is gay but is definitely not going to come out of the closet.
He desires nothing more than to have a girlfriend, a family and be normal. But he knows he can not.
So we follow on day in his life. It starts with him masturbating in the house he slept the night. He then faces a day of numerous challenges.
Losing his money during a gay encounter (of the wink wink, nod nod, go into the back alley for a head-job type encounter). Getting the money so he can buy drugs, more sex, more drugs, more sex, drugs (surely it would fall off with that much use), police harassment.
But there are ways out. He can be a gay guy and have a loving open gay relationship, he can marry a lesbian and pretend to be straight, he can even go to the extreme and be a drag queen or he can stay the way he is.
This movie is packed with messages. Every scene has a meaning and as a result it is often considered pretentious.
It is a movie about being gay and the issues with it. What makes it different is it doesn't spend the whole movie agonizing over the issues and boring the audience stupid, instead it bombards you with them leaving your head spinning by the time you leave the cinema.
Oh...and if you love big dark skinned, dark haired Greek guys you will love this movie.