Movie

The Year My Voice Broke

1987 · 105 min

A tender, bittersweet memory of first love and loss in a small town, unfolding slowly with quiet emotional force.

Tagline: It was incredible. It was the year that changed everything. Forever.
Overview: Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, changing the lives of everyone involved.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, love, friendship, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
love
friendship
identity
grief
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild