Australian actor, writer, producer, and director David Cook delivers a knock-out blow with his tough-but-tender debut feature film Heart of the Man.
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The premise sounds generic: high school football star struggles with his sexuality in a sensitive coming-of-age tale. And, well, it is. Yet this is also an involving drama, thanks largely
There’s a quiet boldness to Kapadia’s approach, exploring intimacy, personal freedom, and the concept of chosen families all with an almost poetic meditation.
The only bombing taking place here is inside the chests of the audience.
… an exercise in balance … no matter which way you go with the film, you may end up wondering what could have been.
… an inventive debut, introducing us to a community not usually captured on film.
… a sincere balance of humour and heart that avoids conforming to too many of the expected archetypes.
"A deeply affecting, profoundly moving, richly personal, and beautifully made meditation on father-son love, the power of family connection, and the long shadow cast by the greatest Kiwi rugby league
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