Bonjour Balwyn
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{{Infobox film
| image =
| name = Bonjour Balwyn
| director = Nigel Buesst
| producer = Nigel Buesst
| writer = Nigel Buesst
John Duigan
John Romeril
| starring = John Duigan
Peter Cummins
John Romeril
| cinematography = Tom Cowan
| editing = Nigel Buesst
Peter Tammer
| music = Carrl Myriad
Janie Myriad
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1971|10}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
}}
Bonjour Balwyn is a 1971 Australian independent film directed by Nigel Buesst and starring John Duigan, Peter Cummins, and John Romeril. It was one of the most notable films of the "Carlton Wave" of filmmaking.David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p276
Premise
Kevin Agar is a Carlton-based owner of a fledgling magazine who struggles to make ends meet. As his financial situation turns desperate, he finds work assisting a television repair man with repossessions.{{cite journal|author=Wilson, Jake|title=Carlton + Godard = Cinema: An Interview with Nigel Buesst|journal = In Senses of Cimema|issue=27|url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/27/carlton_plus_godard/|access-date=10 February 2011}}{{cite web|title=Bonjour Balwyn|publisher = australian screen |url=http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/bonjour-balwyn/notes/|access-date=10 February 2011}} Agar's parents live in the suburb of Balwyn.
Cast
- John Duigan as Kevin Agar
- Peter Cummins as TV repairman
- John Romeril as Alan
- Patricia Condon as secretary
- Barbara Stephens as Christine
- Reg Newson as theatre producer
- Camilla Rountree as Rhonda
- Marcel Cugola
- Jim Nicholas
- Alan Finney
- Peter Carmody
- Geoff Gardener{{IMDb title|id=0167801|title=Bonjour Balwyn}}
Production
Bonjour Balwyn was shot on 16mm with funds from the Experimental Film and Television Fund. The original running time was 70 minutes but it was cut down to under an hour to qualify for the short fiction competition at the Sydney Film Festival.[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/23/carlton-australian-revival.html Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past 23 Nov 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218063047/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/23/carlton-australian-revival.html |date=18 February 2013 }} Retrieved 23 September 2012
The film was not seen widely outside Melbourne.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 260–261
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0167801|title=Bonjour Balwyn}}
- [http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/bonjour-balwyn/ Bonjour Balwyn] at Australian Screen Online
- [http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/bonjour-balwyn Bonjour Balwyn] at Oz Movies
Category:Australian comedy films
Category:Australian independent films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Nigel Buesst
Category:1970s Australian films
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