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Head On is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Ana Kokkinos released in USA on 13 august 1998 with Alex Dimitriades
Head On (1998)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 august 1998
Length 1h44
Directed by Ana Kokkinos
OriginAustralie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating64%
Head On is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Ana Kokkinos. Based on the novel Loaded written by Christos Tsiolkas, it stars Alex Dimitriades as a young, repressed gay man of Greek descent living in inner city Melbourne.
The film gained notoriety upon its release for its sexual explicitness, including a graphic masturbation scene performed by Dimitriades. Controversy aside, the film received mostly positive reviews by critics who praised its stark realism, the lead performance by Dimitriades and the confronting subject matter. One critic in particular, from The Washington Post, compared the film to the work of widely acclaimed German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Le film met en scène Ari, un jeune gay d'origine grecque, habitant un quartier défavorisé de Melbourne.Actors
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