Holding the Man
2015 · 2h 8m · Drama · Australia · Rated MA15+ (AU)
A love story for everyone.
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
Directed by
Neil ArmfieldWritten by
Tommy Murphy7.5Smart score
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