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My Favorite Movie Ever.
I tremble as I write this review, for fear that I cannot put into words how I feel about this movie. This film...touched me in a way no other film ever has. I watch it endlessly, studying every detail, every nuance, every line of dialogue. This film is so beautiful, every aspect. The acting, the script, the photography, all of it. Danny Embling stands next to Holden Caulfield as one of the greatest fictional characters ever created. This movie has inspired me so much, every time I watch it I am still deeply moved. The final scene where Danny sits, smoking the cigarette and looking out at the landscape uttering the last words of the film will always haunt me. I hope someday to get to Willy Hill.

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Danny loves Freya, but Freya loves Trevor...
"The Year My Voice Broke" is a touching coming-of-age film from Australia. Set in the 1962 in a small Outback town in New South Wales, the title refers to Danny Embling (Noah Taylor), who has always been in love with the beautiful but independent Freya Olson (Loene Carmen). They have been friends since childhood, but, unfortunately, she falls for Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn), the school's star rugby player who has more than a taste for running afoul of the law. Writer-Director John Duigan must be working from material close to home here, because he does an excellent job of catching the pain and torture of teenage longing, especially in the scenes where Danny followz Freya and Trevor on their dates. The ending for the film is certainly not a happy one, but what is important is that it certainly rings true for all those of us who remember how it feels the first time you fall in love and she simply does not have a clue. "The Year My Voice Broke" is as bitter-sweet as you would expect from the title. Standing out in the supporting cast is Bruce Spence (from the "Mad Max" movies) who plays Jonah, a railroad signal man who is busy writing the first truly erotic Australian novel. This 1988 film won five Australian Film awards including Best Picture.

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A rural tragedy
This a pleasant and moving little film. Its strong points are the sence of place and the landscape. The sountrack is the Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams. Although English music it captures the feel of the Australian country side wonderfully.

The hero of the film is a young boy of 15 who fall in love with an older girl from a poorer family. She is involved with an older kid who is always getting into trouble. The 15 year old watches the tragedy which unfolds from a distance. Around him live adults who have lived damaged lives.