Holding the Man

A love story for everyone.

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Drama

Overview

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Keywords

romance
1970s
love
australia
lgbt
gay theme
aids
hiv
long term relationship
sexual discrimination

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 27, 2015
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Australia
Production: Screen Australia,Goalpost Pictures,Snow Republic,John Barry Group
Cast: Tony Rickards,PiaGrace Moon,Camilla Ah Kin,Ryan Corr,Kerry Fox,Geoffrey Rush,Sarah Snook,Anthony LaPaglia,Luke Christopoulos,Santo Tripodiand 7 more
Director: Neil Armfield
Writer: Timothy Conigrave,Tommy Murphy
Producer: Cameron Huang,Andrew Mackie,Kylie du Fresne,Tristan Whalley,Rosemary Blight,Ben Grant,Richard Payten
Cinematography: Germain McMicking
Music: Alan John
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt3671542