Holding the Man

Holding the Man

128 mins | Drama | Aug. 27, 2015

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Holding the Man

128 mins | Drama | Aug. 27, 2015

Holding the Man
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Goalpost Pictures, Screen Australia, Snow Republic, John Barry Group
Original title Holding the Man
Directors Paul Kiely, Neil Armfield
Writers Timothy Conigrave, Tommy Murphy

Cast

Ryan Corr

as Timothy Conigrave

Craig Stott

as John Caleo

Guy Pearce

as Dick Conigrave

Sarah Snook

as Pepe Trevor

Anthony LaPaglia

as Bob Caleo

Geoffrey Rush

as Barry

Camilla Ah Kin

as Lois Caleo

Kerry Fox

as Mary Gert Conigrave

Tom Hobbs

as Peter Craig

Jacob Collins-Levy

as Andrew

Tony Rickards

as Mr. O'Connell

Lee Cormie

as Eric

PiaGrace Moon

as Prue

Luke Christopoulos

as Chris Caleo (13 years)

Santo Tripodi

as Michael Caleo

Tessa de Josselin

as Anna Conigrave