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| Greta Scacchi | ... | Christina Alibrandi | |
| Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Michael Andretti | |
| Elena Cotta | ... | Katia Alibrandi | |
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Kerry Walker | ... | Sister Louise (Nun) |
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Pia Miranda | ... | Josie Alibrandi |
| Kick Gurry | ... | Jacob Coote | |
| Matthew Newton | ... | John Barton | |
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Leanne Carlow | ... | Sera Conti |
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Diane Viduka | ... | Anna Selicic |
| Leeanna Walsman | ... | Carly Bishop | |
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Michael Gallina | ... | Robert |
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Rosa DiMarte | ... | Patrizia |
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Domenico DiMarte | ... | Riccardo |
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Tyrone Lara | ... | Anton Valavic |
| Geoff Morrell | ... | Mr. Barton | |
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A teenage Australian girl deals with the traumas of everyday life. These include her difficult relationship with her single mother, the unexpected return of her long-lost father, the disapproving nuns at her strict Catholic school, the acceptance of her schoolmates,and romantic dilemmas over two very different boys. Written by Phythian
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4 May 2000 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Feltham, Forman, McDougall and Whatley
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There are thirteen tracks on the soundtrack album. Of these, three do not appear in the film - Killing Heidi's "Weir", Happyland's "Don't You Even Know Who I Am" and Lo-Tel 's "Teenager of the Year ". The trailer mentions two of these bands as being part of the soundtrack - Killing Heidi and Lo-tel - though none of their music is heard in the film. The Killing Heidi song is heard in the background of the trailer itself. The version of the song "Teenager of the Year " heard on the film is performed by Brenda Starr. Happyland are also heard performing "Tintarella Di Luna" during the film. See more »Goofs
Christina was conceived in 1945, so born no later than 1946. She had Josie when she was seventeen years old, meaning Josie was born in early 1965 at the very latest (most likely earlier). Josie is seventeen in the film, which would point to a setting around 1980 (give or take). However, several things - costumes, use of mobile phones, musical references, city features, various props and decor items - come from around the turn of the century, some twenty years later. See more »Quotes
Jacob Coote: Two things happened to me yesterday. The first was I received all this shit about voting for the first time, which I chucked in the bin, cos I reckon all politicians are a bunch of dickheads. And the other thing was my old man was watching a documentary about insects rooting on fig leaves, so I caught the end of the world news. And I saw this guy who was being chased by his own government, and I didn't understand anything about it except that he was wearing a Nick Cave t-shirt. And then I ...See more »
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This was an amazing movie, correctly portraying what goes through the mind of a teenage girl. It also deals with issues that many teens have to deal with such as death and dealing with your parents and relationships with boys etc. This movie was a great light-hearted film that should win an award just for the fact that the thoughts that went through Josie's head were just what go through say my 16 year old head! if you haven't seen this movie you MUST!