"The Devil's Playground"
1976
Directed by Fred Schepisi

Termed "a comedy of sympathy  about the old Christian fear of sex" (David Elliott), The Devil's Playground is directed by Fred Schepisi (Barbarossa, Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith) and deals with the anti-sex attitudes of a Catholic boarding school as a group of young boys struggle to come to terms with their own emotional and sexual identity. "The people in Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground are like sculpted figures that glow with their own light" (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker). Starring Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Gerry Duggan, Peter Cox and Thomas Keneally.  Winner of five Australian Film Institute awards, including Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor and Cinematography. Color.  107 minutes.