The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke

It was incredible. It was the year that changed everything. Forever.

1987105 min7.1 / 10

A tender, melancholic coming-of-age story about the pain of unrequited first love and the loss of innocence in rural 1960s Australia.

Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, changing the lives of everyone involved.

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