The story revolves around a romance between two teenagers, and it stars Noah Taylor, who appears again as Danny Embling, the protagonist of Duigan's 1987 film The Year My Voice Broke.

Danny, an awkward, underdeveloped 17-year-old, has been sent away by his parents to the all-male St. Albans boarding school in rural New South Wales, Australia, in the hopes he won’t become a delinquent.

Soon Thandiwe decides to return too, and lies about her true departure date, in order to spend the night in a motel with Danny.

[2] Although the story evokes universal themes of romance and love, some say that it also examines the properties of the "Australian character": existential isolation and strong cultural ties to Great Britain.

[6] Vincent Canby of The New York Times commented: In his review for The Washington Post, Desson Thomson commented: The film received the following 1990 AFI Awards:[9] It was also nominated for:[10] As part of a years-long project to document his life, editor Robert Gibson took a rolling hand-held camera on stage as he accepted his Best Achievement in Editing Award for Flirting at the AFIs.

The resulting footage is included in his later film Video Fool for Love, which focuses mostly on his intimate personal life.