Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
Noah Taylor
as Danny Embling
Thandiwe Newton
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Nicole Kidman
as Nicola Radcliffe
Bartholomew Rose
as 'Gilby' Fryer
Felix Nobis
as Jock Blair
Josh Picker
as 'Backa' Bourke
Kiri Paramore
as 'Slag' Green
Marc Aden Gray
as Christopher Laidlaw
Les Hill
as Greg Gilmore
Naomi Watts
as Janet Odgers
Gregg Palmer
as Colin Proudfoot
Joshua Marshall
as 'Cheddar' Fedderson