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Writer:
Tony McNamara (written by)
Release Date:
28 August 2003 (Australia)
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Placid Lake isn't your usual rebel. He wants to work in insurance. more
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An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves full summary | add synopsis
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11 nominations
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Coming of age flick with a twist
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jordan Brooking | ... | Young Placid |
| Ben Lee | ... | Placid Lake |
 | Rose Byrne | ... | Gemma Taylor |
 | Miranda Richardson | ... | Sylvia Lake |
| Lucas Fraccaro | ... | Bull (5 years old) |
| Cruise Moylan | ... | Angus (5 years old) |
| Zan Cross | ... | Lachie (5 years old) |
| Garry McDonald | ... | Doug Lake |
| Eleeza Hooker | ... | Young Gemma |
| Jesse Spence | ... | Jenny |
 | Simone Cullinan | ... | Sharon |
| Socratis Otto | ... | Bozo |
| Toby Schmitz | ... | Bull |
| Nathaniel Dean | ... | Lachie |
 | Stephen James King | ... | Angus |
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Australia:89 min
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Placid Lake: I try to find the positives in my experiences
Young Placid: [dressed in a frilly dress for his first day of school, and about to be pushed onto the playground by his hippie mother] Mummy, I *can't*.
Sylvia Lake: Darling, just remember you're challenging their pre-conceived notions of sexuality.
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Placid Lake: I try to find the positives in my experiences
Young Placid: [dressed in a frilly dress for his first day of school, and about to be pushed onto the playground by his hippie mother] Mummy, I *can't*.
Sylvia Lake: Darling, just remember you're challenging their pre-conceived notions of sexuality.
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Featured in "Getaway: Getaway to the Music (#16.36)" (2007)
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Yellow Envelope
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When Placid Lake was a little boy, his mother sent him to school wearing a dress, just so he could experience sexuality from a different point of view. As a result, he had the snot punched out of him and for years is constantly the victim of bullies, though he found a soul-mate in the nerdy/studious Gemma. Gemma loses her mother at 8 and her father, not quite sure how to deal with children, wants her to be a scientist. Years pass - Placid still lives with his Mum and Dad, ageing hippies with an eccentric outlook on the world and is about to finish school. Placid's idea of rebellion is to make a prize winning video of school life which will net him $10,000 and help him achieve his dream of fishing in Montana. At the official screening which turns out to be a little disasterous he falls from the school roof and undergoes a life change. This is a quirky "coming of age" flick - with a relatively unknown cast (to those outside Australia). Ben Lee in the title role is well cast as the slightly nerdy but intelligent Placid, Rose Byrne's Gemma is terrific and Garry McDonald and Miranda Richardson as Placid's hippy parents are brilliant. Take the time to see this film - it's worth it!