Director:
Bruce Beresford
Runtime:
87 minutes
Year:
1981
TV Rating:
R
Bruce Beresford (BLACK ROBE, DRIVING MISS DAISY) directs this Australian coming-of-age drama about two teenagers who yearn to join a popular surfing clique. Surfie-chick wannabes Debbie (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) immerse themselves in a boorish subculture of sex-on-demand, drugs and male dominance in their quest to escape suburbia. However, soon Debbie and Sue become all too aware of the dangers and limitations that are part of membership in this dubious elite. Based on the novel by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey.