
When
Wed 19 Nov 2025
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In the mid-1950s, Jack Thompson’s gun shearer battles a rival along with the encroachment of non-union labour while making an ambivalent play for the station-owner’s daughter (Lisa Peers). One of the key films of the “revival”, this evocative, often warm and melancholy comedy-drama features a great ensemble cast including Max Cullen, John Ewart and Reg Lye. The first feature produced by the South Australian Film Corporation, this incisive study of Australian masculinity also screened triumphantly in Directors’ Fortnight at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.
Preceded by We Are All Alone My Dear Paul Cox (1975) 22 mins – Unclassified 15+. Cox’s poignant documentary provides an immersive insight into the lives of a group of elderly women living in assisted care in Prahran.
Prints of both films courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive, Australia.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered, volunteer-run, not-for-profit and membership-driven.
