My Year Without Sex

– A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
My Year Without Sex (2009)

A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.

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Release Date:

28 May 2009

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Sarah Watt

Writer:

Sarah Watt

Main Actors:

Portia Bradley, Jonathan Segat, Sacha Horler, Matt Day

Plot:

Natalie and Ross struggle to stay in the middle class in a Melbourne suburb, with their likable son and daughter, 12 and 7. Their lives are upended one August day when Natalie faints during a routine medical checkup: it's an aneurysm followed by major surgery, convalescence, and a doctor's advice to avoid heavy lifting, straining on the toilet, stifled sneezes, and orgasms. Over the next year, we watch the family in vignettes, one each month: domestic frustrations, a tempting colleague, Christmas, a pet fish, a holiday, a church choir and conversations about God, a chicken hawk, a birthday party, football games, and fears that another aneurysm is just a sneeze away.

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations.

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%