Feature1997·90m·5.5

Blackrock

When all you can hear is your own silence.

DramaThriller

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.

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Cast

Laurence Breuls

Jared Kirby

Linda Cropper

Diane Kirby

Simon Lyndon

Brett "Ricko" Ricketson

Chris Haywood

Det. Sgt. Wilansky

Rebecca Smart

Cherie Milenko

Jeanette Cronin

Lesley Warner

David Field

Ken Warner

Justine Clarke

Tiffany

Essie Davis

Det. Gilhooley

Jessica Napier

Rachel Ackland

Bojana Novaković

Tracy Warner

Shayne Francis

Glenys Milenko

John Howard

Len Kirby

Geoff Morrell

Stewart Ackland

Cameron Nugent

Jason

Brendan Donoghue

Dave

Jade Gatt

Scottie

George Basha

Kemel

Leeanna Walsman

Shana

Heath Ledger

Toby Ackland

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Australian Film Finance CorporationPalm Beach Pictures

Crew

Director

Steven Vidler

Writers

Nick Enright, Nick Enright, Steven Vidler

Frans Vandenburg

Editor

David McKay

Costume Design

David McKay

Production Design

Steve Kilbey

Original Music Composer

Martin McGrath

Director of Photography