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Head On

Head On

Full on. All night. Come on.

19986.21h 44m

Overview

Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

Directed by Ana Kokkinos
Written by Mira Robertson, Christos Tsiolkas, Ana Kokkinos
Produced by Jane Scott
Box Office0Revenue: $379K

Top Cast

Alex Dimitriades

Alex Dimitriades

Ari

Paul Capsis

Paul Capsis

Johnny

Julian Garner

Julian Garner

Sean

Elena Mandalis

Elena Mandalis

Betty

Tony Nikolakopoulos

Tony Nikolakopoulos

Dimitri

Damien Fotiou

Damien Fotiou

Joe

E

Eugenia Fragos

Sophia

D

Dora Kaskanis

Dina

Alex Papps

Alex Papps

Peter

V

Vassili Zappa

Vassili

Themes & Keywords

bisexualitymelbourne, australiadrugslgbtwoman directorgay theme

About Head On

Head On is a drama film released in 1998 exploring themes of bisexuality, melbourne, australia, drugs, lgbt, woman director, gay theme. Directed by Ana Kokkinos, it stars Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner. Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

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