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The Heartbreak Kid is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Michael Jenkins with Claudia Karvan
The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Heartbreak Kid is a 1993 Australian film starring Claudia Karvan and Alex Dimitriades, which was based on a play of the same name by Richard Barrett and first performed by Griffin Theatre Company. It was later spun off into the television series Heartbreak High.
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Christina Papadopoulos (Claudia Karvan) is a sweet and well-meaning 22-year-old school teacher, engaged to ambitious lawyer Dimitri (Steve Bastoni). Christina's entire future seems planned out for her - albeit planned by her fiancé, her father and her priest.Actors
Claudia Karvan
(Christina Papadopoulos)
Alex Dimitriades
(Nick Polides)
Steve Bastoni
(Dimitri)
Louis Mandylor
(Eleni)
Esme Melville
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