by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Australian filmmaker John Duigan followed up his captivating The Year My Voice Broke with Flirting. Noah Taylor repeats his "Danny" characterization from the earlier film, while Thandie Newton plays a Ugandan exchange student who attends an Australian girls boarding school. Billeted at a nearby boy's school, Danny finds himself falling in love with Newton, though he is frequently at a loss as to how to express himself. Flirting is the second in a proposed trilogy of John Duigan-directed films revolving around Danny's "awkward" years. Featured in the cast as one of Newton's schoolmates is Nicole Kidman.
characteristics
- Sleeper
- High Artistic Quality
- Cross-cultural-relations
- Coming-of-age
- Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
- Boarding-school
- Love
- First Love
- Boy
- Pick-Me-Ups
- Teen
- Self-discovery
- Diplomat
- Boxer
- Boxing
