A fairly well-written Australian film featuring Thompson as a dashing married man who gives up electrical work to go to college for a degree in the arts. One suspects his true motivation is to bed some young college girls, and he starts an affair with Hughes, an English tutor and wife of
associate professor of English Dignam. This leads to all sorts of complications involving Thompson's grades (Dignam is his advisor), his wife, and his children. Sensitively written and played, PETERSEN is an interesting character study.
Released:
1974
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins