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Sunday Too Far Away (1975)

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Sunday Too Far Away

Ken Hannam | Australia | 1975 | M
Film

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.

Format: 35mm
Language: English
Source: NFSA
Courtesy: Umbrella
Runtime: 94 mins

Event duration

94 mins

Rating

M

Moderate coarse language, Moderate violence

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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