Bonjour Balwyn is a 1971 Australian independent film directed by Nigel Buesst and starring John Duigan, Peter Cummins, and John Romeril. It was one of the most notable films of the "Carlton Wave" of filmmaking.
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Premise
Kevin Agar is a Carlton-based owner of a fledgling magazine who struggles to make ends meet. As his financial situation turns desperate, he finds work assisting a television repair man with repossessions. Agar's parents live in the suburb of Balwyn.
Cast
John Duigan as Kevin Agar
Peter Cummins as TV repairman
John Romeril as Alan
Patricia Condon as secretary
Barbara Stephens as Christine
Reg Newson as theatre producer
Camilla Rountree as Rhonda
Marcel Cugola
Jim Nicholas
Alan Finney
Peter Carmody
Geoff Gardener
Production
Bonjour Balwyn was shot on 16mm with funds from the Experimental Film and Television Fund. The original running time was 70 minutes but it was cut down to under an hour to qualify for the short fiction competition at the Sydney Film Festival.
The film was not seen widely outside Melbourne.