The Crossing is an teenage love triangle from down under. It begins
on Anzac Day, with Danielle Spencer losing her virginity to Russell Crowe, who
wants to marry her. Neither is counting on her ex-boyfriend (Robert Mammone)
returning from the big city to find her. He had left to attend art school and
to escape the small town where he felt strangled. Although he never told her
he was leaving in the first place, the ex- has come back for her, only to find
that his best mate (Crowe) consoled her when he left, and the two fell in
love.
Crowe doesn't take Mammone's return well, and Danielle Spencer isn't sending
clear messages, so it's clear that there won't be a happy ending.
The story is familiar, but the cinematography and editing are outstanding, the performances
are excellent, and the depiction of 1965 Australia is said to be spot-on. It is interesting to see Russell Crowe at the start of his
career, and Danielle Spencer is wonderful as a ripe young woman. (Crowe and
Spencer would become real-life husband and wife.)
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