''Blinder'' is a 2013 Australian

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film directed by Richard Gray and starring

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and

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. The film is an Australian rules football drama set predominantly in

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, Victoria. The film is about Tom Dunn, an aspiring football star who fled Australia following a scandal. Dunn returns to Australia to restore his reputation.

Plot

The Torquay Tigers are a successful team playing in the

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. Their coach Charlie "Chang" Hyde has guided the team into their first Grand Final in seven years. There is talk that the team's best three players, Dunn, Mortimer and Regan, may get drafted by one or more AFL clubs. On the eve of the match the coach drops star player Tom Dunn for poor attitude. The club is successful and wins the flag. Dunn feels left out of the celebrations and strikes up a friendship with Rose Walton. Rose's younger sister Sammy, (McIver) is part of the teams support staff by carrying water for the players. The following year, Torquay again plays off for the Grand Final and manage a come from behind win. At the after-match celebration party, young Sammy had under aged sex with Mortimer. Dunn who had been told by Rose to look out for her sister was drugged by a spiked drink and passes out. The local paper publishes photos of the night with of the out-of-control party and the team goes from heroes to zeros overnight. The scandal the follows rips the team apart with Dunn leaving for America. Only Regan gets drafted, the other two didn't because the major league clubs didn't want to be caught up in the scandal. Ten years later Chang collapses and dies while addressing the players during a match on the eve of the finals, Dunn returns from America for the funeral and to face his demons, the girlfriend who scorns him and his best friend. Feeling uneasy about being in his hometown after many years, Dunn realise that the townfolk haven't forgotten him or the scandal. Rose had moved on and married and still had bitterness towards him. Regan, whose football career was ruined by injury had returned to be Changs's assistant. Encouraged to take over the team, he asks Dunn and Mortimer to assist him as he coaches the team into the finals.

Cast

as Tom Dunn *

as Rose Walton *

Angus Sampson Angus Sampson (born 1979) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances in the ''Insidious'' film series, ''The Mule'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', and the Peabody-winning second season of '' Fargo''. Early life Samp ...

as Franky Tanner *

as Coach Charlie Hyde "Chang" *

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as James Mortimer "Morts" *

as Sammy Walton *

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as Nick Regan *

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as Ally Dunn *

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* * * {{Richard Gray 2013 films 2010s sports drama films Australian sports drama films Australian rules football films Films directed by Richard Gray 2013 drama films 2010s English-language films