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.
At a gay beach, Franck seeks love and forms an uneasy bond with Henri. When Franck encounters Michel, a potential love interest who harbors a dark secret, he faces a moral dilemma about pursuing a relationship despite Michel's troubling past.
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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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