Holding the Man
“A love story for everyone.”
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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Cast
17 people
Ryan Corr
Timothy Conigrave
Known for
Hacksaw Ridge
House of the Dragon
Craig Stott
John Caleo
Known for
Ghost Team One
Guy Pearce
Dick Conigrave
Known for
Memento
Iron Man 3
Sarah Snook
Pepe Trevor
Known for
Predestination
Succession
Anthony LaPaglia
Bob Caleo
Known for
Annabelle: Creation
Happy Feet
Geoffrey Rush
Barry
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The King's Speech
Camilla Ah Kin
Lois Caleo
Also in
Wakefield
Here Come The Habibs
Kerry Fox
Mary Gert Conigrave
Known for
Shallow Grave
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
Tom Hobbs
Peter Craig
Known for
The Railway Man
Jacob Collins-Levy
Andrew
Known for
The Witcher: Blood Origin
The White Princess
Tony Rickards
Mr. O'Connell
Known for
Childhood's End
Castaway
Lee Cormie
Eric
Known for
Darkness Falls
December Boys
Neil Armfield Director · Tommy Murphy Writer Timothy Conigrave Author
Worldwide gross $909K · United States release June 10, 2016 · Produced in Australia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$909,122
Production
Goalpost Pictures
Production
Screen Australia
Production
Snow Republic
Production
John Barry Group
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · June 14, 2015
Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
Australia · August 27, 2015
Theatrical
United States · June 10, 2016
Limited theatrical
United States
June 10, 2016 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
Australia
August 8, 2015 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Germany
May 20, 2016 · Limited theatrical
June 2, 2016 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 2, 2016 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
June 30, 2015 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
August 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Poland
April 27, 2017 · Premiere · LGBT International Film Festival Poland
United Kingdom
March 23, 2016 · Premiere · London LGBT Film Festival
June 3, 2016 · Theatrical
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