German title: Sommer des Erwachens Spain title: Entre el yunque y el martillo Greek title: Σφυροκοπήματα Russian title: Молоты над наковальней Original title: Hammers Over the Anvil
Alternative titles: Ударите на съдбата | Sfyrokopimata
Youth drama – Australia Production year: 1991 Movie length: 98 minutes
Director: Ann Turner Writer: Alan Marshall, Peter Hepworth, Ann Turner, Mark Poole Cinematograph: James Bartle Music: Not Drowning Waving
Movie description:
A sensitive, moving Australian drama about a young crippled boy’s coming of age. The boy, Alan, is stricken with polio, and his dream in life is to become a great horse rider like East Driscoll, an enigmatic and reclusive figure in Alan’s hometown. Alan is one of East’s few friends, and he is also one of the few to know about the romance that blooms between him and a beautiful married schoolteacher in town. Both East’s and Alan’s lives are thrown into turmoil when East goes on a rampage after learning that his great love will not leave her husband for him.