Wild Dances (2017)
Overview
In a small rural Australian town in 2004, two teenage outcasts come into conflict with their families on the night Ruslana wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine. 17-year-old Todd faces awkward and unsubtle probing from his family about his sexuality, specifically whether or not he will take a girl to the upcoming school dance. Across town, Lesia Lysenko, the only girl from an immigrant family at Todd's conservative, Catholic High School, clashes with her strict, Ukrainian father, who insists that Lesia take her younger brother to chaperone her to that same school dance. As Lesia experiments with a newfound sense of rebellion, Todd is asked out by a clueless, smitten girl with a pet hate of pop music. He practises the dance moves from Ruslana's song in his family's tool shed and hatches a secret plan to get the song played at the disco. The film moves towards its fabulous, genuinely heartwarming climax as Lesia and Todd learn that life begins when you dance to your own beat.
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.007 |
Directed By
Bina Bhattacharya
Crew
Bina Bhattacharya
Carolina Izquierdo
Anne-Sophie Marion
Ed Brooks
Robert C. Morton
Gordon Fletcher
Courtney Young
Drew Andrea
Kristi Gilligan
EV Moore
Courtney Young
Alex Radovan
Martyn Reyes
Alexander McGhee
Alexander McGhee
Kylie Thomas
EV Moore
Ruslana Lyzhychko
Declan Reardon
Emma Gibbons
Kristian Bruneteau
Alexandra Culliver
Mar'yana Sywak
Joe Bruneteau
Jack Welch
Alexander McGhee
Shannon Pope
Jono Voyce
Olya Booyar
Alexander McGhee
Orysia Spinner
Bina Bhattacharya
Jason Reyes
Bina Bhattacharya
TOP CAST
Lachlan Parry
Todd
Ed Brooks
Hamish
Roz Hall
Linda
Richard Cotter
Graham
Nik Matiouk
Andriy
Oksana Nesterenko
Marichka
Lukian Adams
Alex
Claire Appleby
Kara
Samantha Skelton
Emily
Macayla Eberhard
Bad Girl
Jackson Williams
Flatheaded Rugby Type
Olga Zhyla
Lesia
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