MQFF33 - Head On TRAILER

Graduating from Heartbreak High with distinction,
Alex Dimitriades burned up the screen as a smalltime
drug dealer and big-time hot mess Ari in Ana
Kokkinos’ seminal Melbourne story. A high-spirited
adaptation of The Slap author Christos Tsiolkas’
free-wheeling debut novel Loaded, it depicts the
Greek Australian teen pushing back against parental
expectation, class boundaries and ethnic stereotypes
in a self-destructive, sure, but take no prisoners
break for freedom. All James Dean smoulder, as he
traverses the city in search of a good time, it’s an
irresistible performance matched toe-to-toe by living
legend Paul Capsis as his fearless drag queen buddy
Toula. Let it all hang loose as they spin from the
late, great 3 Faces nightclub to a confronting police
lock-up scene. All the while, Kokkinos burns an
indelible mark on the Australian cinematic landscape.