Around the Block (film)
5.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Sarah Spillane Initial DVD release August 5, 2014 (USA) Duration Country Australia | 5.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Music director Nick Wales Writer Sarah Spillane Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1 January 2013 (2013-01-01) Cast Christina Ricci (Dino Chalmers), Jack Thompson (Mr. O'Donnell), Damian Walshe-Howling (Mr. Graham), Matthew Nable (Jack Wood), Daniel Henshall , Anthony Gee Similar movies Charlies Country (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Around the Block is a 2013 Australian drama film directed and written by Sarah Spillane. The films stars Christina Ricci, Hunter Page-Lochard, Jack Thompson and Damian Walshe-Howling. The films revolves around an American drama teacher (Ricci) who develops a friendship with a sixteen-year-old Aboriginal Australian boy (Page-Lochard) during the 2004 Redfern riots.
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Plot synopsis
An American drama teacher named Dino Chalmers (Christina Ricci), who has a passion for Shakespeare, gets the opportunity to work at a school in Sydney, Australia, where she attempts to introduce theatre as an alternative to life on the tough streets of Redfern in Sydney. She meets a 16 year old Aboriginal student named Liam (Hunter Page-Lochard), who lives around the block in Redfern and lives a life of drugs and violence. Chalmers presents Liam with a possibility of a life without drugs and violence by giving him the lead in the production of Hamlet, and so he must choose between pursuing his newfound dream of acting or following his family into a cycle of crime.
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Production
Filming began in June 2012 in Sydney and Redfern, New South Wales. Christina Ricci was in Australia for the four-week shoot.
Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences, earning a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 57%.
References
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