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Blackrock

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1997 film directed by Steven Vidler

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5.5

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

Released: 1997-05-0190 minDir: Steven VidlerDrama, Thriller

Cast

  • Laurence Breuls as Jared Kirby
  • Linda Cropper as Diane Kirby
  • Simon Lyndon as Brett "Ricko" Ricketson
  • Chris Haywood as Det. Sgt. Wilansky
  • Rebecca Smart as Cherie Milenko
  • Jeanette Cronin as Lesley Warner

Themes

  • surfing
  • based on true story
  • based on play or musical
  • breast cancer
  • coming of age
  • gang rape
  • father figure
  • beach party
  • mysterious death

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IMDb

6/10

1,241 votes

Year
1997
Runtime
103 min
Genres
Drama, Thriller

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Duration
86
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publication date
1997-01-01
title
Blackrock
Commons category
Blackrock (film)
box office
1136983
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