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Trailer
The Heartbreak Kid
5.1
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1h 37m
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1993
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Released
Overview
Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.

Cast
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Claudia Karvan
Christina Papadopoulos
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Alex Dimitriades
Nick Polides
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Steve Bastoni
Dimitri
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Nico Lathouris
George
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George Vidalis
Vasili
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Doris Younane
Evdokia
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Louise Mandylor
Eleni
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William McInnes
Southgate
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Jasper Bagg
Graham
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Fonda Goniadis
Con
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Vikash Prasad
Vikash
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Bao Quach
Tran
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Katherine Halliday
Maria (as Kathy Halliday)
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Chaka Johnson
Soula
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Keith Iosifidis
Manolis
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Scott Major
Rivers

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