Drama

Head On

- full on all night come on

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.

Release Date : 1998-08-13

Language :EnglishGreekItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Head On Productions

Production Country : Australia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ari

Original Name : Alex Dimitriades

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny

Original Name : Paul Capsis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sean

Original Name : Julian Garner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Betty

Original Name : Elena Mandalis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dimitri

Original Name : Tony Nikolakopoulos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Damien Fotiou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sophia

Original Name : Eugenia Fragos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dina

Original Name : Dora Kaskanis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Alex Papps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vassili

Original Name : Vassili Zappa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alex

Original Name : Andrea Mandalis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Groom

Original Name : Chris Kaglaros

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bride

Original Name : Ourania Sideropoulos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in Car

Original Name : Anthony Lyritzis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman Sleeping

Original Name : Ana Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janet

Original Name : Maya Stange

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nose Ring Girl

Original Name : Aimee Robertson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Ari

Original Name : Nathan Farinella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Peter

Original Name : Paul Farinella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tasia

Original Name : María Mercedes

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-28

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...