Connection
The Combination is a film of genre Drama directed by David Field released in USA on 26 february 2009 with Firass Dirani
The Combination (2009)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listThe Combination is a 2009 Australian drama film, directed by David Field and written by George Basha. The film covers the relations between Lebanese Australians and Anglo Australians in parts of Western Sydney. Parts of the film focus on the 2005 Cronulla riots in Australia between Lebanese Australians and Anglo Australians.
Basha and Field met and began working on the screenplay in 2001. Principal photography began in 2008, taking place in and around the Sydney suburbs of Guildford and Parramatta. The film was released on 26 February 2009. It received generally positive reviews from critics. It also caused some controversy after two violent incidents caused the film to be temporarily pulled from some cinemas.
Synopsis
After serving time in gaol, Lebanese Australian John Morkos returns home. He finds work as a cleaner at a boxing gym, owned by an Aboriginal man. John also meets and begins a relationship with Sydney, an Anglo Australian after saving her from being assaulted by two men. John soon finds that his younger brother, Charlie, has been involved in fights between his Lebanese friends and the white students at school. Fearing that Charlie is going down the path he has been on, John tries to talk some sense into Charlie.Actors
Firass Dirani
(Charlie)
Clare Bowen
(Sydney)
Doris Younane
(Mary, John and Charlie's mother)
Ali Haider
(Zeus)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Combination
There are 9 films with the same actors, 0 films with the same director, 61862 with the same cinematographic genres, 6889 films with the same themes (including 3827 films with the same 2 themes than The Combination), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Combination, you will probably like those similar films :
Not Suitable For Children (2012)
, 1h37Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ryan Kwanten, Ryan Corr, Sarah Snook, Bojana Novakovic, Clare Bowen, Kathryn Beck
Rating57%
The movie opens up with a scene from a party. The main character, Jonah (Ryan Kwanten), is introduced as a young party-boy without a care in the world. The power goes out for a short period of time because Jonah has not paid his electric bills, but gets it back thanks to his neighbour. Afterwards, Jonah meets up with Becky (Kathryn Beck) and they retreat up to Jonah's room away from the party, only for Becky to find a lump in Jonah's testicle. Jonah goes to see a doctor, who reveals that Jonah has testicular cancer. He tells Jonah that they can remove it in time, but Jonah's upset that he won't be able to father children. The doctor suggests that Jonah uses a sperm bank in the event that he would like to have kids after the operation.
Rope Cosmetology (1978)
, 1h7Directed by Shōgorō Nishimura
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Naomi Tani
Rating59%
Kanako is a married woman who receives an invitation from Tomoe, a lesbian lover from her past, to attend a showing of artwork by Isaku, Tomoe's husband. Isaku's paintings have an S&M theme which surprises Kanako. Tomoe persuades Kanako to begin going with her to a class in which she is learning how to behave like a proper female dog. Kanako's husband, Eiichirō, is suspicious about her activities. After hiring a private detective and learning about her perverse hobbies, Eiichirō throws Kanako into a landfill. The film ends with Eiichirō apparently taking his dog for a walk. The camera pans down to show that, despite his apparent objections to her lessons, Eiichirō is in fact walking Kanako, who is on all fours on a dog leash.
Boiling Point (1990)
, 1h36Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Yuriko Ishida, Takahito Iguchi, Iizuka Minoru, Hisashi Igawa, Etsushi Toyokawa
Rating68%
Masaki est un jeune ahuri qui joue au baseball dans une mauvaise équipe, les Eagles, et qui travaille dans une station-service. Un jour, il doit nettoyer la voiture d'un yakuza, membre du clan Otomo. Mais injurié par ce dernier, Masaki lui décoche un coup de poing. Le yakuza, en se protégeant, se brise le bras. Pour sauver la réputation de son clan, Otomo revient quelques jours plus tard pour racketter le patron de la station-service. Inquiet, Masaki se confie à son ami barman, Takashi Iguchi, qui fit partie du gang d'Otomo il y a quelques années.
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
, 1h37Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ella Raines
Rating68%
The film tells the story of a mixed group of Army nurses stationed in Bataan during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the head nurse, Lt. Mary Smith (Margaret Sullavan) begs her superior, Capt. Alice Marsh (Fay Bainter) for more nurses to help deal with the excessive workload, but instead of professional nurses, she is assigned a group of civilians from various backgrounds. They lack experience and require training and find it difficult to settle in. Pat Conlin (Ann Sothern) rebels against Lt. Smith's strict nature, but the group begin to reveal stories from their past and become better acquainted. They also meet a male officer, Lt. Holt (Allan Byron), and Pat becomes infatuated with him, leading to jealousy between her and Lt. Smith who refuses to explain why she is offended by Pat's attention to him. During an air-raid one of the volunteers, Sue West (Dorothy Morris), is separated from the group, and some of the women, including her sister Andra (Heather Angel) search for her. After three days she is found alive, having spent the time trapped in a hut with the corpses of several soldiers who were killed during the attack.
Lord of the Flies (1990)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, L'enfance marginalisée, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about school violence
Actors Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, James Badge Dale, Danuel Pipoly, Bob Peck, Michael Greene
Rating63%
An aircraft carrying young military school cadets returning home crash lands into the sea near a remote, uninhabited, jungle island in the Pacific Ocean. Among the survivors is the pilot, Captain Benson (Michael Greene), who is seriously injured and delirious. Meanwhile, on the beach, an overweight cadet, whose real name is never revealed, nicknamed “Piggy” (Danuel Pipoly), finds a conch seashell and takes it to the grouped cadets, who adopt it to signal the right to speak and be heard by the group. The senior cadet, and one of the elder boys, Cadet Colonel Ralph (Balthazar Getty), organizes a meeting to discuss surviving their predicament. Ralph and Jack (Chris Furrh) emerge dominant, with Ralph's seniority in rank making him the one in charge. They start a fire using Piggy's glasses to try and alert any passing craft. Tensions begin to grow between Ralph and Jack.
Aerial Gunner (1943)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Chester Morris, Richard Arlen, Jimmy Lydon, Ralph Sanford, Amelita Ward, Dick Purcell
Rating55%
Policeman Jon Davis (Richard Arlen) informs "Foxy" Pattis (Chester Morris) at his shooting gallery, that his criminal father has died. Foxy blames all policemen, feeling they harassed him all his life and were responsible for his death. Both men enlist in the United States Army Air Forces where Foxy becomes the instructor at an aerial gunnery school. He makes life miserable for Jon, now a "Flying Sergeant" student, trying to force the former policeman to resign.
Mysterious Island (2005)
, 2h52Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Kyle MacLachlan, Gabrielle Anwar, Patrick Stewart, Roy Marsden, Jason Durr, Omar Gooding
Rating44%
During the Civil War six survivors escape from a prison camp in Richmond, Virginia by hot air balloon and find themselves on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from any kind of known civilization, the island is inhabited by carnivorous giant monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and mad genius Captain Nemo (Patrick Stewart), who lives on the island for his own secretive ends. When Smith is rescued from drowning by Nemo's remaining crewman, he talks with Nemo about his role in the war and the atrocities committed by Nemo in his younger days, the rest of his group must try and survive without him, which becomes more difficult when one of them is eaten by a giant mantis. As Helen discovers a gold medallion with a strange map on it, Nemo tries to convince Smith to remain in his compound, but Smith refuses to abandon his friends to the island, convincing Nemo and Joseph to track and rescue the rest of the survivors from a giant ant... unaware that pirate Captain Bob Harvey is coming to the island, looking for a lost treasure said to be hidden on the island.
Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
, 1h29Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Lee Meriwether, Robin Mattson, Richard Erdman, Joe Higgins
Rating57%
Le sujet est une orque mâle étudiée par un biologiste marin local.
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
, 2h6Directed by Raoul Walsh, Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene
Rating69%
An American oil tanker mastered by Capt. Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) is sunk in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. He and the first officer, his friend Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart), make it to a lifeboat along with other crewmen. When the U-boat crew starts filming their plight they respond with rude gestures and are rammed. The men swim to a raft and are rescued after 11 days adrift.
Bataan (1943)
, 1h54Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Tom Dugan, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman
Rating68%
The US Army is conducting a fighting retreat. A high bridge spans a ravine on the Bataan Peninsula. After the army and some civilians cross, a group of eleven hastily assembled soldiers from different units is assigned to blow it up and delay Japanese rebuilding efforts as long as possible. The rear guard is a mixed lot, including: