6.3
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.
Alex Dimitriades
Ari
Paul Capsis
Johnny
Julian Garner
Sean
Elena Mandalis
Betty
Tony Nikolakopoulos
Dimitri
Damien Fotiou
Joe
Eugenia Fragos
Sophia
Dora Kaskanis
Dina
Alex Papps
Peter
Vassili Zappa
Vassili
Andrea Mandalis
Alex
Chris Kaglaros
Groom
Ourania Sideropoulos
Bride
Anthony Lyritzis
Boy in Car
Ana Gonzalez
Woman Sleeping
Maya Stange
Janet
Aimee Robertson
Nose Ring Girl
Nathan Farinella
Young Ari
Paul Farinella
Young Peter
María Mercedes
Tasia
Director, Screenplay
Ana Kokkinos
Novel
Christos Tsiolkas
Screenplay
Andrew Bovell
Screenplay
Mira Robertson
August 28, 2023
6
Alex Dimitriades is "Ari" - a young Greek man whose family emigrated to live in Melbourne, where he is struggling to get job. To kill time, he hangs around with his mates snorting cocaine and - on the quiet - meeting men for casual sex. It's not really a "gay" film; it is a much broader analysis of a young man with neither the roots of his country, nor of a relationship to help him through his rather meaningless existence. His community is trying to straddle their need to honour their homeland traditions whilst adapting to the "tolerances" of their new home - brought to a head by some fairly grisly homophobic behaviour all round in the last twenty minutes or so. Demitriades is fine, as is Paul Capsis as his openly gay/transvestite cousin "Johnny" but the rest of the cast seem there to reinforce the stereotypes and therefore add little to any meaningful dialogue. To be honest, it could be a depiction of any immigrant culture in any country - and falls a bit flat as "Ari" seems ultimately rather deserving of his shallow existence...
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$378,667.00