Movie
Head On
Overview
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-08-13
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Head On Productions
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alex Dimitriades as Ari
- Paul Capsis as Johnny
- Julian Garner as Sean
- Elena Mandalis as Betty
- Tony Nikolakopoulos as Dimitri
- Damien Fotiou as Joe
- Eugenia Fragos as Sophia
- Dora Kaskanis as Dina
- Alex Papps as Peter
- Vassili Zappa as Vassili
- Andrea Mandalis as Alex
- Chris Kaglaros as Groom
Crew
- Ana Kokkinos - Director
- Mira Robertson - Screenplay
- Ana Kokkinos - Screenplay
- Andrew Bovell - Screenplay
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