What Grown-Ups Know is an emotionally ambitious Australian short film about adolescence, desire and the painful discovery that adults rarely have life figured out either. Jonathan Wald gives the story room to breathe, allowing first love, family instability and disappointment to build into something unusually substantial for its running time.
After a summer with his best friend Kat, Phil returns to school and questions his feelings for Nicholas, a new classmate, sparking inner turmoil.
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What Grown-Ups Know is an emotionally ambitious Australian short film about adolescence, desire and the painful discovery that adults rarely have life figured out either. Jonathan Wald gives the story room to breathe, allowing first love, family instability and disappointment to build into something unusually substantial for its running time.
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