Flirting is a 1991 Australian coming of age film about a romance between two teenagers, written and directed by John Duigan. It stars Noah Taylor, who appears again as Danny Embling, a character from Duigan's 1987 film The Year My Voice Broke. It also stars Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman. It is the second in a planned trilogy of films by Duigan. It was also produced by Kennedy-Miller who made the Mad Max trilogy. This is a list of film-related events in 1991. ... Coming of age is a young persons formal transition from adolescence to adulthood. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Romantic love is a form of love that is often regarded as different from simply sexual love, or lust. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... John Lawless Duigan, (born June 19, 1949 in Hampshire, England) is a film director. ... Taylor played a young Adolf Hitler in the 2002 movie Max Noah Taylor (born September 4, 1969) is a London-born Australian actor. ... See also: 1986 in film, other events of 1987, 1988 in film, list of years in film. // Events May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 film by director John Duigan starring Noah Taylor and Loene Carmen about a young boy. ... Thandie Newton Thandie Newton (born November 6, 1972) is a British actress. ... Nicole Mary Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning Australian actress, producer and singer. ... A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature or film, that develop a single theme even though they are generally created at different times. ...

Primarily because of its complex characters, low-key atmosphere, and sumptuous cinematography, the movie was widely acclaimed critically. It was featured on Roger Ebert's Top 10 Best Films List of 1992. It is considered by many to be one of the last films of the Australian New Wave film movement that flourished in the 1980's. A resergence in worldwide popularity of Australian cinema culture that started in the late 1970s and lasted until the late 1980s. ...

Danny Embling, an awkward, underdeveloped teen suffering from occasional bouts of stuttering, attends an all-male boarding school in New South Wales, Australia. The year is 1965 and it has been some time since Danny has had any romantic relationship with a girl (his former love, Freya, from "The Year My Voice Broke", left him at a crucial point in his sexual/romantic development). He slowly becomes interested in Thandiwe Adjewa, a Ugandan-British girl attending the all-girls school across the lake. Throughout the course of the school year, they foster a budding romance, despite the overbearing regulations inflicted upon them - specifically racial politics(as the couple is interracial) and social conventions (Thandiwe is often regarded by the religiously-influenced authority figures as rebellious and overtly sexual). A boarding school is a self-contained educational establishment where students not only study but where some or all students may live. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 film by director John Duigan starring Noah Taylor and Loene Carmen about a young boy. ... A race is a population of humans distinguished from other populations. ... An interracial couple is a romantic couple or marriage in which the partners are of differing races. ...

Although the story evokes universal themes of romance and love, it also examines the properties of the "Australian character": existential isolation (brought on by both geographical and environmental conditions) and strong cultural ties to Great Britain.

Controvery surrounded production of the movie, as director John Duigan supposedly had an affair with actress Thandie Newton, who was 19 at the time. John Lawless Duigan, (born June 19, 1949 in Hampshire, England) is a film director. ... Thandie Newton Thandie Newton (born November 6, 1972) is a British actress. ...

The film won the 1990 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film. The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. ...

External links

• Entry for the film on the Australian Film Commission website
• Flirting at the Internet Movie Database