December Boys
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December Boys (2006) is a coming-of-age film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Marc Rosenberg. It was adapted from the novel by Michael Noonan of the same name. Set in the late 1960's on an isolated beach, the film centers on four orphans competing for the affections of a childless couple keen to adopt a son.
Plot summary
The "December Boys" are a close nit group of four adolescent orphans all given the same birth month. The boys' hope of ever being adopted grows slimmer with each passing year, and it isn’t until their first summer away from the orphanage, that the fading hope of finding parents becomes a real possibility – but only for one of them. The boys are befriended by a young couple who, unable to fall pregnant, decide to adopt a child. They all compete to be the most adoptable, severely testing their friendships when long gestating feelings of rejection explode to the surface. The boys' deep friendship eventually overcomes their rivalries, sealing forever the strong ties that bind the “December Boys”.
