Blue Jean
Anti-gay laws in Thatcher-era ’80s England see a closeted lesbian (a captivating Rosy McEwen) walk the tightrope between her teaching job and her love life in this BAFTA-nominated drama.
Jean (McEwen) is content in her double-life routine: teaching PE by day and visiting her secret girlfriend, Viv (BAFTA winner Kerrie Hayes), by night. Now that the notorious Section 28 has passed, prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality in schools, the already reticent Jean retreats further into secrecy. But when a pupil, 15-year-old Lois, who is being bullied herself for being gay, spots her at a lesbian bar, Jean has to decide if getting involved is worth putting her job on the line and risk being outed herself. Elegantly shot on 16mm, writer-director Georgia Oakley has made an incisive debut with a story that remains utterly potent today. Premiered in Venice Critics’ Week; winner British Independent Film Awards. Films showing at this event:
Love Forever
A girl from Canberra navigates the treacherous waters of first love with a boy from Sydney's Northern Beaches. Executive produced by Jane Campion, selected for Venice 2022.
Tickets
Thu 8 Jun
8:35pm
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne - Cinema 5
Sat 10 Jun
7:45pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Fri 16 Jun
10am
State Theatre
- Program Strand
- Features
- Year
- 2022
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- UK
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Georgia Oakley
- Producer
- Hélène Sifre
- Cast
- Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday
- Screenwriter
- Georgia Oakley
- Cinematographer
- Victor Seguin
- Editor
- Izabella Curry
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- LGBTQIA+ Films, Politics & Economics, Women Directors, Focus on Women, Gender & Sexuality
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
