The Rage in Placid Lake
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| The Rage in Placid Lake | |
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| Directed by | Tony McNamara |
| Written by | Tony McNamara |
| Starring | Ben Lee Rose Byrne Miranda Richardson Garry McDonald |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 89 min |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
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The Rage in Placid Lake (2003) is an Australian film starring Ben Lee and Rose Byrne. It is about Placid Lake (Lee), a seventeen year old boy who has led a suburban hippy life with his free loving parents. The film documents his journey of self-discovery as he rejects his hippy roots and embraces the mundane by working for an insurance agency - much to his parents' horror.
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Precocious, bohemian teenager Placid Lake, finishes high school and decides to do the one thing that will annoy his new age parents the most--go straight! With a few weeks spent reading a library of self-help manuals, Placid has it all sorted out--and he has the haircut and the cheap suit to prove it. Can Placid Lake retire his rage in the pursuit of beige; embrace conformity and leap on the fast track to corporate success. Will his 'brainiac' friend Gemma be able to talk him out of this economic rationalist madness? And will poor Doug and Sylvia survive the ignominy of having a son with a burgeoning future in insurance? Never underestimate the evil of banality.
