Despite a simple storyline and a low-key atmosphere, the movie was widely acclaimed critically. The movie lightly touches on racial politics, as the couple is interracial.
External links
Entry for the film (http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/filmdbsearch.aspx?view=title&title=FLIRTI) on the Australian Film Commission website
"Flirting" is a sequel to the 1987 (shown here in mid-'88) Australian coming-of-age film "The Year My Voice Broke," about an eccentric youth named Danny Embling and his life in rural Australia in 1962.
It is the one movie cliche that Duigan chooses not to avoid.
"Flirting" is rated R for violence, sex, nudity (male backsides in the shower), some vulgarity and one profanity.