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The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.
Updated May 24 2020
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Cast
Steve Bastoni
Dimitri
George Vidalis
Vasili
Scott Major
Rivers
Alex Dimitriades
Nick Polides
Claudia Karvan
Christina Papadopoulos
Katherine Halliday
Maria (as Kathy Halliday)
Jasper Bagg
Graham
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Crew
Ben Gannon
Producer
Michael Jenkins
Director
Michael Jenkins
Writer
Robert Barrett
Writer
