Sydney: A Story of a City

A film about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by it's youth - the notorious surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Sunny Abberton, Macario De Souza

Cast

Russell Crowe, Kelly Slater, Jai Abberton

Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out o...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Christopher Fraser

Cast

Phillip Avalon, John Jarratt, Mel Gibson

Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any nu...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Elissa Down

Cast

Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Prachya Pinkaew

Cast

Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspi...

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Ray Lawrence

Cast

Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey