''Bonjour Balwyn'' is a 1971 Australian independent film directed by Nigel Buesst and starring John Duigan,

Peter Cummins Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931 in Melbourne) is an Australian retired character actor of stage and screen and chorister who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the period. He was pa ...

, and John Romeril. It was one of the most notable films of the "Carlton Wave" of filmmaking.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p276

Premise

Kevin Agar is a Carlton-based owner of a fledgling magazine who struggles to make ends meet. As his financial situation turns desperate, he finds work assisting a television repair man with repossessions. Agar's parents live in the suburb of

Balwyn Balwyn () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Balwyn recorded a population of 13,495 at the 2021 census. White ...

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John Duigan John Duigan (born 19 June 1949) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his two autobiographical films '' The Year My Voice Broke'' and '' Flirting'', and the 1994 film '' Sirens'', which stars Hugh Grant. Bi ...

as Kevin Agar *

as TV repairman *

John Romeril John Henry Romeril (born 1945) is an Australian playwright and teacher. He has written around 60 plays for theatre, film, radio, and television, and is known for his 1975 play ''The Floating World''. Early life and education John Henry Romeril ...

as Alan * Patricia Condon as secretary * Barbara Stephens as Christine * Reg Newson as theatre producer *

Camilla Rountree Camilla may refer to: People * Camilla (given name), including a list of people with the name ** Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), wife of King Charles III Places * Camilla, Georgia, a city in the United States * Camilla Castle, an alternativ ...

as Rhonda * Marcel Cugola *

Jim Nicholas James Joachim Nicholas Mentioned in dispatches, MiD (17 November 1890 – 20 September 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne University Football Club, University in the Australian Football League, Victorian Footbal ...

Alan Finney Alan Finney (born 31 October 1933) is a former footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers, featuring in over 500 games during his time at Hillsborough and the consistency of his performances made a popular member of the ...

* Peter Carmody * Geoff Gardener

Production

''Bonjour Balwyn'' was shot on 16mm with funds from the Experimental Film and Television Fund. The original running time was 70 minutes but it was cut down to under an hour to qualify for the short fiction competition at the

Sydney Film Festival The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. Histo ...

.Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', ''Screening the Past'' 23 Nov 2008
Retrieved 23 September 2012 The film was not seen widely outside Melbourne.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 260–261

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