Marking Time (2003)

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As scripted by John Doyle and directed by Cherie Nowlan, this Australian drama unfolds in a narrow-minded and prejudicial Aussie small town. Not long after 9/11, a cross-cultural romance develops when young boy named Hal (Abe Forsythe) falls for Randa (Bojana Novakovic), an Afghan refugee girl. The… More As scripted by John Doyle and directed by Cherie Nowlan, this Australian drama unfolds in a narrow-minded and prejudicial Aussie small town. Not long after 9/11, a cross-cultural romance develops when young boy named Hal (Abe Forsythe) falls for Randa (Bojana Novakovic), an Afghan refugee girl. The couple runs headfirst into bigotry, hatred, contempt, and eventually, violence - all of which grow more severe given local memories of the Al-Qaeda terror attacks against the United States. Hal, however, concocts a clever plan to save the relationship. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi