''Angst'' is a 2000

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directed by Daniel Nettheim and starring Sam Lewis, Jessica Napier, Justin Smith and

Abi Tucker Abigail Anne "Abi" Tucker (born 22 January 1973) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. She has had roles in television series-telemovies in '' Heartbreak High'' (1994-1995), '' Water Rats'' (1999), '' Wildside'' (1999), '' The Secret ...

. It was written by Anthony O'Connor. It was shot in and around Sydney, Australia. The film was released in Australian theatres on 31 August 2000.

Plot

''Angst'' tells the story of a group of

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devotees living in Sydney's King's Cross. There is Dean ( Sam Lewis), a cynical, sexually frustrated video store employee with a bad case of unresolved love. Then there are his flatmates Ian ( Justin Smith) and Jade ( Jessica Napier) - Ian works in an adult bookstore, waiting for his break as a stand-up comedian, whereas Jade does not work at all, content to smoke pot and watch videos while she can still get away with it. Wandering into the characters' lives is street kid Mole ( Luke Lennox), who challenges Jade's lifestyle by stealing the trio's trusty

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, and the alluring May (

), a goth chick on whom Dean develops an over-the-counter crush.

Cast

* Sam Lewis as Dean * Jessica Napier as Jade * Justin Smith as Ian *

as May * Luke Lennox as Mole *

Lara Cox Lara Jane Cox (born 1978) is an Australian actress, known for a variety of roles. Cox played the role of Anita Scheppers in ''Heartbreak High'', Doctor Denman in ''H2O: Just Add Water'', and has appeared in ''Voodoo Lagoon'' and ''Kangaroo Ja ...

as Heather * Emmanuel Marshall as Simon * Johnathan Devoy as Logan * Paul Zebrowski as Steve * Celia Ireland as Case Worker *

Joel McIlroy Joel McIlroy (born 8 August 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, known for being the second actor to take on the role of Flynn Saunders, a character of the popular soap opera ''Home and Away''. McIlroy took over the role of Flynn in 2003 af ...

as Chook

Reception

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's Julie Rigg described the production as a "sweetly enjoyable film which almost works".

Box office

''Angst'' took $58,850 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $73,318 in 2009 dollars.

Awards

* 2000 - Won

Australian Screen Sound Guild The Australian Screen Sound Guild was formed in 1988 to represent people working in audio engineering and post-production in film, television, multimedia and other related audio industries. such as those involved with location sound, sound edi ...

for Best Achievement in Sound for Sound Effects Editing for a Feature Film * 2000 - Won

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for Best Music * 2000 - Nominated

for Best Sound Design

References

External links

''Angst'' official website
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Angst
at Oz Movies *
Angst at the National Film and Sound Archive
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