December Boys
- Daniel Radcliffe: Maps
- Lee Cormie: Misty
- Christian Byers: Spark
- James Fraser: Spit
- Jack Thompson: Bandy McAnsh
- Teresa Palmer: Lucy
- Sullivan Stapleton: Fearless
- Victoria Hill: Teresa
- Kris McQuade: Mrs. McAnsh
- Ralph Cotterill: Shellback
- Frank Gallacher: Father Skully
December Boys is a drama from Australia that came into the Austrian and German cinemas in 2007. The main role was played Daniel Radcliffe, who became famous through the film adaptations of the Harry Potter novels.
Action
The four orphans Maps, Misty, Spark and Spit are best friends and all born in December. Because there is little adoption opportunities for them, they may spend their Christmas holidays as a small settlement on the sea. Shortly after arriving, they make friends with the young couple and Fearless Teresa. Misty, Spark and Spit quickly come closer to Teresa, but Maps refuses to talk to her. Instead, he meets up with Lucy, a pretty girl who spends the holidays at the beach with her uncle. She leads him to strange rocks, where they meet again and spend a lot of time together.
The prospect that Fearless and Teresa could adopt one of the boys, lets come up rivalry between the two friends. Although they seek, this is not to admit it escalates into a full-blown fight between maps and Misty. Maps, the injured emotionally anyway, almost loses faith in human togetherness. Not only this is "his" Lucy disappeared quietly again and him when he finds cheating already with the next best boy, he must also find that Fearless had lied to him and the boys. Visibly overwhelmed with the whole situation Maps pulls back into itself. But when Misty is a day driven out into the open sea and in danger of drowning, he rushes to him, even though he may not himself swim. By Fearless rapid intervention but both can be saved and maps and Misty reconciliation. As expected by all to be adopted by Misty Fearless and Teresa, but when they proclaim him the good news and he looks to play his 3 friends without him on the beach, he can not help, as the adoption but then cancel it.
After many years, Misty, Spark and Spit meet as old men again there on the beach, where they had then spent the holidays. Maps of priests in Africa had become and has since died, Misty had asked here to spread his ashes into the sea, what the three do together.
Background
The film was made in Adelaide and on Kangaroo Iceland. The film premiered on September 9, 2007 its premiere in Melbourne, in Germany the film came on 11 October 2007 in the cinemas. With an estimated budget of $ 4 million, the film only about U.S. $ 1.2 million playing world again.
Music
The music comes from the Australian film composer Carlo Giacco (* 1972); the title song was composed and sung by Peter Cincotti.
Criticism
" In color-intensive, great panoramic images tells " December Boys " a soulful, almost magical story about friendship, jealousy, and the desire for love. This is the central conflict of the orphans, which is determined by the desire for a real family, described particularly soulful. Above all, "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe proves he has the talent for character roles -. Although it is unusual to see him with hairy legs or a cigarette in your hand "
Awards
Screenwriter Marc Rosenberg received a Awgie Award from the Australian Writers' Guild in 2007. Director Rod Hardy was honored in 2008 at the Giffoni Film Festival with the CGS Award.