Australia, 1962. Un niño ve cómo su amiga de toda la vida, hasta hace poco compañera inseparable de juegos, se está haciendo una mujercita que se enamora de un jugador de rugby.
Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywood action drama, 'The Desert Rats'. 'Always Another Dawn' celebrates the Australian Navy's contribution to the Allied victory in WW2. The ship (Dauntless) is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron on 4 March 1942 with 138 lives lost. Assisted by the Royal Australian Navy, filming took place at Flinders Naval Depot Melbourne and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan.
A critical examination of the positive and negative aspects of old age in a society where there is a premium on images as young, attractive and sexually available for men.
