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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   1,693 votes
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Director:
Ana Kokkinos
Writers:
Andrew Bovell (written by)
Ana Kokkinos (writer)
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Release Date:
13 August 1998 (Australia) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
full on - all night - come on
Plot:
A 19 year old Greek youth struggles with his sexual identity and has several homosexual and a clumsy heterosexual encounters. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
9 wins & 15 nominations more
User Comments:
Fyling high with Ari. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alex Dimitriades ... Ari
Paul Capsis ... Johnny

Julian Garner ... Sean
Elena Mandalis ... Betty
Tony Nikolakopoulos ... Dimitri
Damien Fotiou ... Joe
Eugenia Fragos ... Sophia
Dora Kaskanis ... Dina
María Mercedes ... Tasia
Alex Papps ... Peter
Vassili Zappa ... Vassili
Andrea Mandalis ... Alex
Chris Kaglaros ... Groom
Ourania Sideropoulos ... Bride
Anthony Lyritzis ... Boy in Car
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English | Greek
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Continuity: In a sex scene between Aria and Dina, the actress' sweater is buttoned closed but her body double's sweater is fully open. more
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Referenced in Another Gay Movie (2006) more
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Fyling high with Ari., 25 February 1999
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Author: mifunesamurai from Australia

The kettle is on the boil and 19 year old Ari is about to burst with a combination of his culture, sexuality and drug intake, colliding to create a mixed up youth with a cause. His parents migrated to Melbourne, Australia, from Greece and with them they brought their strong culture that they hang onto while back in Greece the culture changes with the times. This we don't see but it is the fact of life for every second generation immigrant who has to fight the ignorance and hypocrisy of their parents and social surroundings. This creates a monster Ari carries on his back, a destructive energy within him that is wasted in back street alleys, public toilets and where ever he can get it. And when people don't come to his side of life, he manipulates them with sexual advances, testing their moral grounds. Through his love of Greek dancing, Ari yearns to keep part of his ancestral culture intact for identity purposes, but with his own freedom of passion. Can the two mix? That's what he's journey is. A journey for self expression without any rules of repression. This is Alex Dimitriades' cake as he eats Ari up and plays the character with conviction. Director Ana gets right into the heart and soul of Ari, via the camera with a confronting script dealing with issues aimed at any migrating culture.

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