Puberty Blues

Puberty Blues

87 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 10, 1981

Sue is an Australian teenager in the late '70s, and her life mainly consists of doing what all the other girls do: watching the surfing boys and having sex with those same surfing boys. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e.g. do not eat or go to the bathroom when a boy is around. Ugly girls have two choices - being bitches and hating boys, or being generally cheap and looked down upon by everyone. The afternoons are spent on the beaches, in the backseats of cars, or at home-alone parties where sex and alcohol are the main ingredients. Parents and teachers are trying to straighten the kids out, but it's not easy.

Puberty Blues

87 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 10, 1981

Puberty Blues
Sue is an Australian teenager in the late '70s, and her life mainly consists of doing what all the other girls do: watching the surfing boys and having sex with those same surfing boys. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e.g. do not eat or go to the bathroom when a boy is around. Ugly girls have two choices - being bitches and hating boys, or being generally cheap and looked down upon by everyone. The afternoons are spent on the beaches, in the backseats of cars, or at home-alone parties where sex and alcohol are the main ingredients. Parents and teachers are trying to straighten the kids out, but it's not easy.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Limelight Productions
Original title Puberty Blues
Directors Bruce Beresford
Writers Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Margaret Kelly

Cast

Nell Schofield

as Debbie Vickers

Jad Capelja

as Sue Knight

Geoff Rhoe

as Garry

Tony Hughes

as Danny

Jay Hackett

as Bruce

Ned Lander

as Strach

Michael Shearman

as Glenn

Dean Dunstone

as Seagull

Sandy Paul

as Tracey

Leander Brett

as Cheryl

Joanne Olsen

as Vicki

Julie Medana

as Kim

Nerida Clark

as Carol

Kirrily Nolan

as Mrs. Vickers

Alan Cassell

as Mr. Vickers

Rowena Wallace

as Mrs. Knight

Charles Tingwell

as The Headmaster

Kate Shiel

as Mrs. Yelland

Pamela Gibbons

as Jazz Ballet Teacher