December Boys Page #2

Synopsis: An adult nicknamed Misty is narrating a story about one summer in his life when he was an adolescent in the late 1960s. He was living in a Catholic orphanage in the Australian outback. His best mates were the "December boys" - Maps, Spark and Spit - the four of them so named because they were the boys in the orphanage born in the month of December. With a recent windfall, the orphanage decided to give each of the boys a group vacation for each of their birthdays, the December boys the first to go. Their vacation was to Lady Star Cove on the Australian coast, to stay at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. McAnsh - Bandy and "Skipper". Their relatively carefree Christmas vacation took a turn primarily from three events: learning the reason the McAnshes hosted the boys specifically at this time; Maps, the oldest in his mid-teens, exploring his sexuality with a girl named Lucy, who was also visiting Lady Star Cove for the summer; and Misty secretly learning that a young couple in the cove, Fearless
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Rod Hardy
Production: Warner Independent Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
41%
PG-13
Year:
2007
105 min
Website
131 Views


Because he's a waterworks.

Okay. I'm going now.

Fearless is home tonight.

Who's that?

That's Shellback.

He fishes for Henry.

Is Henry a person or a fish?

O, my good angel...

...whom God has appointed

my guardian...

...watch over me during this night...

...and protect me...

...from evil in my thoughts

as well as my deeds.

In the deepest hour of darkness...

...let your presence lead the way...

... to righteousness...

... and goodness.

Boys.

God cares nothing for motorcycles.

Henry.

- You're gonna get us in trouble.

- I know how to ride one of these.

My dad had one, only bigger.

Bullshit, your dad died

when you was 3.

Get down.

Somebody say

you could climb up there?

We was just looking.

That what you call it?

We're here on holiday.

My dad had a bike just like this.

That so?

I saw you on the Wall of Death.

I saw you go through the fire

and everything.

You must be about

the best cyclist there is.

- You boys like a thrill, do you?

- Yeah.

Who's first?

I've been on a bike before.

I'll go.

Faster. Faster.

Yes!

At least someone's

having a good time.

How you going?

Good night.

See you later.

''How you going? ''

You'll be up her

like a rat up a drainpipe.

Come on, give us a go.

Why do we have to be stuck here?

- That's easy.

- No, it's not.

I'm not stuck.

Go.

Go.

The least you can do

is three cheers for the corpse.

Hip, hip, hurray!

Boys.

Thanks, Luce.

- Yeah, thanks.

- Thank you, Lucy.

That is the same sort of thing

that happened to Archbishop O'Donnell.

I was there in the church

Sunday morning...

...come to the end of the sermon,

and he says:

''Therefore, many are cold

but few are frozen.''

And it was the middle of winter.

You know, it's good

with Lucy around this summer.

- Give Tess some girl company.

- By the way, how's her father doing?

Still looking for work in Darwin.

Five minutes to dinner.

- Thanks, darling.

- Cheers, Teresa.

Hey, he just swiped your beer.

Let them have their fun.

Wait for me. Wait.

I don't expect it's a picnic

where they're from.

For all you hear,

it's not too bad out there.

They're well cared for.

Yeah, I'll bet they are.

I think I'll go and see

if I can give the girls a hand.

Still, it's not the same

as a family.

Indeed, it isn't.

I think Tess blames me

for taking her away from her family.

Her country.

We're supposed to be

starting our own out here.

You know, maybe it's the accident

that shook something loose.

Well, there's no substitute for family,

that's for sure.

You're not saying

you're giving up hope?

No.

I'm not saying that.

It's just...

...you get to a point, you know?

You start to see things

like they are.

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