Flirting (1991) | Full Movie | w/ Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Kym Wilson, Josh Picker

Drama | Romance | Comedy | Australia | English | Colour | 99min w/ Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Kym Wilson, Josh Picker Two star-crossed misfits risk everything to be together in this sexy, Drama/Romance with some comedic overtones set in two 1965 Australian boarding schools. Set across a lake from each other, one a boy's school, the other for girls. Flirting is a wonderful tale of misfit adolescents who find their independence through a forbidden, interracial relationship. Noah Taylor is Danny, a gangly stutterer with a wry wit, few friends, and a big crush on Thandiwe (Thandie Newton), a Ugandan student whose father is in some political danger back home. Danny goes to a boys academy and Thandiwe boards at a nearby girls school. The two meet secretly and deepen their doomed affair, exploring adulthood for the first time on their own terms. Duigan is a director who can occasionally be seduced by the surface of things, but Flirting is richly layered in tones both light and ominous, youthful performances that easily alternate between childhood buoyancy and grown-up passion, and a hard-won wisdom about the mysteries of loss. Terrific supporting performances by young Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and Kym Wilson, Josh Picker and Bartholomew Rose help make an already good film even better.