Two broken men, one boat, zero chill — Australian TV drama hits different.
A man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian national rowing championships.
Acting
Hargreaves and Haywood's volatile chemistry carries every scene.
Practical Effects
Actual rowing sequences feel authentically grueling.
Director
Ian Gilmour
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Network Ten during a brief golden age of Australian TV movies that treated working-class masculinity with surprising tenderness.
Hargreaves and Haywood had previously starred together in Newsfront (1978), making their on-screen history feel lived-in from frame one.
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