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December Boys

2007 · 105 min

Drama, Romance

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.

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Appeals to viewers who appreciate tender coming-of-age dramas about friendship, longing, and the complicated hope of finding a family.

Tone
bittersweet, melancholic, warm
Payoff
heartbreak, comfort
Pacing
steady
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
belonging, adoption, friendship, rivalry, coming of age
Setting
mid-twentieth-century Australia, remote religious orphanage and seaside vacation town

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