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Holding the Man( 2015)

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A love story for everyone.

Overview

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Ryan Corr

      Timothy Conigrave

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      Craig Stott

      John Caleo

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      Guy Pearce

      Dick Conigrave

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      Sarah Snook

      Pepe Trevor

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      Anthony LaPaglia

      Bob Caleo

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      Geoffrey Rush

      Barry

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      Camilla Ah Kin

      Lois Caleo

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      Kerry Fox

      Mary Gert Conigrave

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      Tom Hobbs

      Peter Craig

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      Jacob Collins-Levy

      Andrew

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      Tony Rickards

      Mr. O'Connell

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      Lee Cormie

      Eric

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      PiaGrace Moon

      Prue

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      Tegan Higginbotham

      Gina

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      Luke Christopoulos

      Chris Caleo (13 years)

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      Santo Tripodi

      Michael Caleo

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      Tessa de Josselin

      Anna Conigrave

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Oct 10 2025
    Based on a true story; this is a touching and moving story of a couple of young Australian men who fall in love as youngsters in the days before there was any AIDS awareness. Ryan Corr ("Tim") and Craig Matthew Scott ("Tom") are superb as they act out their joyous loving relationship (complete with it's obligatory ups and downs) and then have to face the fact that, 15 years later, one has become terminally ill. We share the traumatic journey, poignantly told as they both try to reconcile themselves to the inevitable. Guy Pearce and Geoffrey Rush star too and Anthony LaPaglia and Camilla Ah Kin ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • australia
    • aids
    • 1970s
    • romance
    • love
    • hiv
    • lgbt
    • long term relationship
    • sexual discrimination
    • gay theme