Blackrock (1997)

05/01/1997 (AU) • 1h 30m

Drama, Thriller

When all you can hear is your own silence.

Overview

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

Top Billed Cast

Laurence Breuls

Jared Kirby

Linda Cropper

Diane Kirby

Simon Lyndon

Brett "Ricko" Ricketson

Chris Haywood

Det. Sgt. Wilansky

Rebecca Smart

Cherie Milenko

Jeanette Cronin

Lesley Warner

David Field

Ken Warner

Essie Davis

Det. Gilhooley


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

surfing

based on true story

based on play or musical

breast cancer

coming of age

gang rape

father figure

beach party

mysterious death

toxic masculinity

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