Newcastle is a 2008 Australian drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 set in the New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 city of Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

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Plot

Young surfer Jesse has always been in the shadow of his older brother Victor, who tried to become a champion surfer and failed. Jesse and his friends—Nathan, Andy and Scotty—and his emo

Emo

Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...

 brother Fergus (who has a crush on Andy, which is also reciprocated) along with Deb and Leah all go on a camping-surfing trip to a remote beach, but when Victor shows up, tragedy hits. Things get competitive and in a severe accident Andy is seriously injured while Victor is killed. After the funeral, Fergus and Jesse bond on a night under the stars, and the film ends on a happier note—with Jesse as a competitor in a junior surf comp.

Cast

• Lachlan Buchanan
  Lachlan Buchanan
  Lachlan Buchanan is an Australian actor.-Biography:Lachlan Buchanan was born in Australia in 1987, growing up in Maleny.Lachlan Buchanan attended Maleny State School and Matthew Flinders Anglican College....
  
   as Jesse Hoff
• Xavier Samuel
  Xavier Samuel
  Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, and Newcastle, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third movie in Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga film series.-Early life and education:Samuel was...
  
   as Fergus Hoff
• Reshad Strik
  Reshad Strik
  Reshad Strik is an Australian actor of Bosnian descent.- Biography and career :Raised on Central Coast of New South Wales, Strik was a surfer and boxer as a youth. His sporting ambitions took a detour after he landed a national commercial and decided to pursue his love of film and theater by...
  
   as Victor Hoff
• Shane Jacobson
  Shane Jacobson
  Shane Jacobson is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known for his performance as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth in the 2006 film Kenny...
  
   as Reggie
• Israel Cannan as Scotty
• Joy Smithers
  Joy Smithers
  Joy Smithers is an Australian actress, best known for her acting performances on television, and her role as a television news presenter....
  
   as Flora
• Gigi Edgley
  Gigi Edgley
  Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress and recording artist. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops.-Early life:...
  
   as Sandra
• Rebecca Breeds as Leah
• Barry Otto
  Barry Otto
  Barry Otto is an Australian actor with a long list of memorable roles on stage and in film. Otto received an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor in Strictly Ballroom as well as being nominated for Bliss, Cosi and The More Things Change......
  
  as Gramps
• Kirk Jenkins as Andy
• Anthony Hayes as Danny
• Ben Milliken as Nathan
• James Triglone as Billy
• Debra Ades as Debra