December Boys

Based on the classic Michael Noonan novel, "December Boys" is a story of four orphan teenagers growing up behind the closed doors of a catholic convent in outback Australia. For years the boys watch younger kids leave with their newly adopted parents and have come to the realization their time may never come.

The Reverend Mother gives the boys something to look forward to by sending them to visit the seaside for the first time. Their long awaited vacation doesn't turn out the way they planned until they meet Teresa & Fearless, a young autocratic couple that would make the perfect parents.

As men, they remember back to the 60's when, as boys, they spent their first tumultuous summer by the sea as they sabotaged each others efforts to be the chosen one only to discover the real meaning behind what it is to be a family, i.e. one of the "December Boys."

Directed by
Rod Hardy

Cast
Daniel Radcliffe - Maps
Teresa Palmer - Lucy
Christian Byers - Spark
Lee Cormie - Misty
James Fraser - Spit
Jack Thompson - Bandy McAnsh
Kris McQuade - Mrs. Skipper McAnsh
Frank Gallacher - Father Scully

Production Co.
Becker Entertainment
MBM

Produced by
Richard Becker

Studio
Warner Independent Pictures

Writer
Michael Noonan
Marc Rosenberg

Music
Carlo Giacco