Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
Acting
Dimitriades' raw, unflinching physicality carries every frame.
Direction
Kokkinos traps you in Ari's suffocating headspace, no escape.
Cinematography
Sweaty Melbourne nights that reek of cigarette smoke and regret.
Director
Ana Kokkinos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Greek-Australian New Wave' alongside The Wog Boy, but Kokkinos refused the comedy route entirely.
Based on Christos Tsiolkas' novel Loaded — the film strips the internal monologue, forcing us to read Ari's body instead of his thoughts.
AU
