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Out Takes 2005 > Christchurch > 50 Ways Of Saying Fabulous
CHRISTCHURCH
SUN 12 JUN, 6.15PM, REGENT ON WORCESTER
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50 WAYS OF SAYING FABULOUS
Dir: Stewart Main, New Zealand, 2004, 35mm, 90 mins
Based on Graeme Aitken’s book of the same name, 50 Ways Of Saying Fabulous is set in the summer of 1975 and filmed in stunning Central Otago. 12-year-old Billy is a farmer’s son out of step with the other boys at school. He doesn’t like rugby much and prefers the company of tomboy Louise; together they dream about an imaginary life in outer space. When fellow outsider Roy moves to Billy’s school, and Jamie, a sexy young farm labourer comes to work on Billy’s farm, Billy’s world is changed forever. There’s more floral polyester print than you can probably stand, but rural 1970s New Zealand is the perfect backdrop for this fresh telling of sexual awakening that is infinitely real, funny and moving by turns.
Reel Queer is delighted that Graeme Aitken, author of 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous, will attend the screening and be available for book signings (courtesy of Madras Cafe Books).
CHRISTCHURCH
SUN 12 JUN, 6.15PM, REGENT ON WORCESTER
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