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The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 17, 1993

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

51%

Original Title

The Heartbreak Kid

Production Companies

Village Roadshow Entertainment

Director

Michael Jenkins

Description

Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.