Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to Celia, to himself, and to the whole country, that there's more to him than meets the eye. With a little help from his friends, he might just do it.
Acting
Nick Giannopoulos plays three generations of Karamitsis women — commitment.
Writing
Paul Hogan meets wog humour — unsubtle but weirdly heartfelt.
Director
Aleksi Vellis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film emerged from Nick Giannopoulos's stage show 'Wogs Out of Work,' which defined 1980s-90s Australian ethnic comedy and sparked debates about who could laugh at whom.
The 'Beagle-Thorpe' surname was a deliberate mashup mocking two real Australian political families — the Beazleys and Thorps.
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