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Nick is a Greek-Australian high-school student with ambitions to become a world-class soccer player. Christina Papadopoulos is the new Greek teacher, caught between traditional Greek expectations and her own feelings as a woman in the 1990s. Together, they take on the school's racist sportsmaster, who is determined that Australian Rules football be the school's only official sport. The Heartbreak Kid is a warm-hearted, sexy comedy about two people discovering each other, themselves, and the future.
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Heartbreak High
Ben Gannon
,
( dir. Shirley Barrett
et. al. )agent
1994
Australia
:
Gannon Television
Network Ten
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
1994-1999
Z1741241
1994
series - publisher
film/TV
young adult
'Fast-paced series spin-off of the hit feature film. Filmed at an abandoned school in Sydney's Maroubra, this program was about an ethnically diverse group of students attending Hartley High School.'
Source: National Film and Sound Archive record.
Works about this Work
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Why Aren’t Greeks Cool Anymore?
2019
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— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , July 2019;'During the 90’s and Noughties Greeks were everywhere in Australia. The success of comedy productions ‘Wogs out of Work’ and ‘Acropolis Now’ not only broke audience records for both stage and screen but took the Greek Australian experience mainstream. The ‘Heartbreak Kid’, ‘Head On’ and TV show ‘The Slap’ further explored the second generation in adapting to an ever changing culture. But in recent times there has been a distinct lack of Greek Australian stories and characters on TV and film screens.' (Introduction)
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Wogs Laughing - All the Way to the Bank
2016
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— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 31 January 2016; (p. 28) -
(Sweet) Sixteen Great Australian Teen Films
Erin Free
(editor),
2016
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 20 May 2016; -
The Kid Grows Up : Alex Dimitriades
2011
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biography
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 71 2011; (p. 54-57) -
A Challenging Vision : The Teacher-Student Relationship in The Heartbreak Kid
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , December vol. 33 no. 4 2009; (p. 405-415) 'This article revisits the 1993 Australian feature film The Heartbreak Kid, in order to examine three unexplored and interconnecting facets: the representation of the female teacher as object of desire; the classroom as an erotically charged arena; and the outcome of the sexual relationship between the protagonists, the young teacher, Christina Papadopoulos, and her seventeen-year-old male student, Nick Polides. The discussion draws on a recent analysis of a similar real life case, in order to show how the film advances a different reading than the current laws encompass. In showing the student's considerable agency in the affair, and in not criminalising the teacher's unethical behaviour towards him, the film contradicts the outcomes of the real case in 2004.' (p. 405)
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First Time for the Kid and He Gets Top Marks
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 June 1993; (p. 13)
— Review of The Heartbreak Kid 1993 single work film/TV -
Lesson in Love, and No Kidding
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 June 1993; (p. rev 13)
— Review of The Heartbreak Kid 1993 single work film/TV -
Lesson in Love
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 June 1993; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of The Heartbreak Kid 1993 single work film/TV -
A Challenging Vision : The Teacher-Student Relationship in The Heartbreak Kid
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , December vol. 33 no. 4 2009; (p. 405-415) 'This article revisits the 1993 Australian feature film The Heartbreak Kid, in order to examine three unexplored and interconnecting facets: the representation of the female teacher as object of desire; the classroom as an erotically charged arena; and the outcome of the sexual relationship between the protagonists, the young teacher, Christina Papadopoulos, and her seventeen-year-old male student, Nick Polides. The discussion draws on a recent analysis of a similar real life case, in order to show how the film advances a different reading than the current laws encompass. In showing the student's considerable agency in the affair, and in not criminalising the teacher's unethical behaviour towards him, the film contradicts the outcomes of the real case in 2004.' (p. 405) -
Wog Drama and White Multiculturalists : The Role of Non-Anglo-Australian Film and Television in Shaping National Identity
2001
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criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 67 2001; (p. 104-108, and notes 223-224) -
Engendering the Greek : The Shifting Representations of Greek Identity in Australian Cinema
2003
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criticism
— Appears in: Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003; (p. 211-222) An exploration of Greek / Greek-Australian identity in Australian cinema. -
Wogs Laughing - All the Way to the Bank
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 31 January 2016; (p. 28) -
(Sweet) Sixteen Great Australian Teen Films
Erin Free
(editor),
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 20 May 2016;
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