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

Blackrock (1997)

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When all you can hear is your own silence.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Steven Vidler
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    Jared Kirby Laurence Breuls
  • Profile picture of Linda Cropper
    Diane Kirby Linda Cropper
  • Profile picture of Simon Lyndon
    Brett "Ricko" Ricketson Simon Lyndon
  • Profile picture of Chris Haywood
    Det. Sgt. Wilansky Chris Haywood
  • Profile picture of Rebecca Smart
    Cherie Milenko Rebecca Smart
  • Profile picture of Jeanette Cronin
    Lesley Warner Jeanette Cronin
  • Profile picture of David Field
    Ken Warner David Field
  • Profile picture of Justine Clarke
    Tiffany Justine Clarke

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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