If you loved Robinson Crusoe, try December Boys
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Rod Hardy, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Robinson Crusoe, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What December Boys is
Here's a film that's really banking on the inherent drama of being an adolescent orphan. Four lads from a Catholic orphanage in the Australian outback are sent on a seaside vacation where they vie for adoption by the same couple. It's a coming-of-age tale that's not afraid to ask the question: what if being an orphan wasn't that fun?
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