Head On
At nineteen, Ari grapples with his sexuality and the pressures of a Greek family. He harbors resentment toward his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, who have entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is consumed by thoughts of gay sex, even as he makes an unenthusiastic attempt to please the sister of one of his best friends. Meanwhile, he faces friction with his traditional Greek parents, who remain unaware of his sexual life.
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Ana Kokkinos
Iain Pirret
Phil Jones
Christian Robinson
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Alex Dimitriades is "Ari" - a young Greek man whose family emigrated to live in Melbourne, where he is struggling to get job. To kill time, he hangs around with his mates snorting cocaine and - on the quiet - meeting men for casual sex. It's not really a "gay" film; it is a much broader analysis of a young man with neither the roots of his country, nor of a relationship to help him through his rather meaningless existence. His community is trying to straddle their need to honour their homeland traditions whilst adapting to the "tolerances" of their new home - brought to a head by some fairly grisly homophobic behaviour all round in the last twenty minutes or so. Demitriades is fine, as is Paul Capsis as his openly gay/transvestite cousin "Johnny" but the rest of the cast seem there to reinforce the stereotypes and therefore add little to any meaningful dialogue. To be honest, it could be a depiction of any immigrant culture in any country - and falls a bit flat as "Ari" seems ultimately rather deserving of his shallow existence...
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The directors of Head On are Ana Kokkinos, Iain Pirret, Phil Jones, and Christian Robinson.
The cast of Head On includes Alex Dimitriades as Ari, Paul Capsis as Johnny, Julian Garner as Sean, Elena Mandalis as Betty, Tony Nikolakopoulos as Dimitri, Damien Fotiou as Joe, Eugenia Fragos as Sophia, Dora Kaskanis as Dina, Alex Papps as Peter, Vassili Zappa as Vassili, Andrea Mandalis as Alex, Chris Kaglaros as Groom, and more.
The duration of Head On is 1h 44 mins.
Yes. Head On has 3 trailers on Fanbiz, including HEAD ON WEB TRAILER. Watch them on this page.
Head On was released on 13 Aug 1998.
Head On is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
Head On has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Alex Dimitriades is "Ari" - a young Greek man whose family emigrated to live in Melbourne, where he is struggling to get job. To kill time, he hangs around with his mates snorti..."
