December Boys

“December Boys” tells the story of four orphan teenagers growing up behind the closed doors of a Catholic convent in outback Australia. For years the boys watch younger kids leave with their newly adopted parents and have come to the realization their time may never come. The Reverend Mother gives the boys something to look forward to by sending them to visit the seaside for the first time. Their long awaited vacation doesn’t turn out the way they planned until they meet Teresa & Fearless, a young autocratic couple that would make the perfect parents. As men, they remember back to the ’60s when, as boys, they spent their first tumultuous summer by the sea as they sabotaged each others efforts to be the chosen one only to discover the real meaning behind what it is to be a family, i.e. one of the “December Boys.” Based on the classic novel of the same name by Michael Noonan. “December Boys.” (Sounds a little like “Cider House Rules,” which became an Oscar winner.)