The Heartbreak Kid
Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a prosperous Greek-Australian family who is pleased with the typical trajectory of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and is confronted by children who question her assumptions. Christina falls in love with Nick, a 17-year-old aspiring soccer player, after being involved in a campaign by a group of non-anglo kids to join a soccer club at a school where the racist PE instructor supports only Australian Rules Football (Alex Dimitriades). Christina is forced to confront herself, her family, and the culture she lives in as a result of the ensuing affair. Combining comedy and a fascinating assessment of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, this film is brilliantly done by a young cast and intelligently scripted.
Released: 1993-06-17
Duration: 97
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