The Devil's Playground Sunburnt Screens #13

"Australia's most honoured film!"

Internationally renowned filmmakerFred Schepisi's celebrated first feature is a lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Victoria.A semi-autobiographical retelling of the director's own training for the priesthood, the story follows 13-year-old Tom Allen (Simon Burke), a serious, likable boy whose calling for the church is complicated by guilt associated with his masturbation and sinful thoughts. While the ascetic Brother Francine (Arthur Dignam) prowls the school's corridors looking for evidence of ''the undisciplined mind'', the hard-drinking Brother Victor (Nick Tate) refutes the harsh discipline that scars the hearts and minds of the students - though each battle a desire to consummate the pleasures of the flesh.Presented in a brand new high definition transfer, this Australian film classic cemented the rise of director Fred Schepisi (The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith) when it won six AFI awards including Best Film and Best Director, and made a breakthrough screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976.

Details

Format: Blu Ray
Genre: Drama
Rating: M
Release Date: 01 12 2021
Production Year: 1976
Run Time: 99
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Drug Use| Low Level Coarse Language
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Directors: Fred Schepisi

Actors: Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Gerry Duggan, Peter Cox, John Diedrich, Thomas Keneally, Sheila Florance, Alan Cinis, Richard Morgan, Rowan Currie, Gary Pixton, Michael David, Warren Coleman, Marc Gough