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The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke

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The Year My Voice Broke

"It was incredible. It was the year that changed everything. Forever."

1987

1h 45m

7.1(38 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, changing the lives of everyone involved.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor

Danny Embling

Loene Carmen

Loene Carmen

Freya Olsen

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Trevor Leishman

Graeme Blundell

Graeme Blundell

Nils Olson

Lynette Curran

Lynette Curran

Anne Olson

Malcolm Robertson

Bruce Embling

Judi Farr

Judi Farr

Sheila Embling

Tim Robertson

Tim Robertson

Bob Leishman

Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence

Jonah

Harold Hopkins

Harold Hopkins

Tom Alcock

Creative team

Directed by: John Duigan
Written by: John Duigan
Produced by: George Miller
Terry Hayes

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