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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…
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Head On
“Full on. All night. Come on.”
63%
Movie
1h 44m
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Head On (1998) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Head On (1998) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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… Our models also surface themes such as family and friendship from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~104 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Head On 63% (63 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1998-08-13
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 13817
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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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast
Alex Dimitriades
Ari
Paul Capsis
Johnny
Julian Garner
Sean
Elena Mandalis
Betty
Tony Nikolakopoulos
Dimitri
Damien Fotiou
Joe
- E
Eugenia Fragos
Sophia
- D
Dora Kaskanis
Dina
Alex Papps
Peter
- V
Vassili Zappa
Vassili
- A
Andrea Mandalis
Alex
- C
Chris Kaglaros
Groom
- O
Ourania Sideropoulos
Bride
- A
Anthony Lyritzis
Boy in Car
- A
Ana Gonzalez
Woman Sleeping
Maya Stange
Janet
- A
Aimee Robertson
Nose Ring Girl
- N
Nathan Farinella
Young Ari
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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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