Blackrock (1997)

  • NR
  • 05/01/1997 (AU)
  • Drama
  • 1h 30m

When all you can hear is your own silence.

Overview

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

Steven Vidler

Director

Nick Enright

Screenplay

Cast

Laurence Breuls's headshot

Laurence Breuls

Jared Kirby
Linda Cropper's headshot

Linda Cropper

Diane Kirby
Simon Lyndon's headshot

Simon Lyndon

Brett "Ricko" Ricketson
Chris Haywood's headshot

Chris Haywood

Det. Sgt. Wilansky
Rebecca Smart's headshot

Rebecca Smart

Cherie Milenko
Jeanette Cronin's headshot

Jeanette Cronin

Lesley Warner
David Field's headshot

David Field

Ken Warner
Justine Clarke's headshot

Justine Clarke

Tiffany

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