A child born to Italian parents in country Victoria learns about his growing sexuality. In innocence he and his friends play the usual child games of Doctors and Nurses as a natural means of learning. His play is fettered by religious guilt (that he’s yet to understand) and further complicated my his mother’s sudden death. A story about the loss of innocence - both as a state of mind and a time in one’s life that will never be the same again.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
315465
Language
English
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Children - Religion
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ethnicity
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Italians - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Religion
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Victoria - Social life and customs
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children - Religion
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Country life - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Country life - Psychological aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Death
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnicity
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Italians - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Migrant labor
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Religion
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Italian language
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and death
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal relations in adolescence
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Country life - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)