A love story for everyone.
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
Holding the Man (2015) is a drama film directed by Neil Armfield, released on August 27, 2015 with a runtime of 2h 8m. It stars Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce and Sarah Snook. Viewers rate it 7.7 out of 10 across 468 ratings.
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Ryan Corr
as Timothy Conigrave
Craig Stott
as John Caleo
Guy Pearce
as Dick Conigrave
Sarah Snook
as Pepe Trevor
Anthony LaPaglia
as Bob Caleo
Geoffrey Rush
as Barry
Camilla Ah Kin
as Lois Caleo
Kerry Fox
as Mary Gert Conigrave
Tom Hobbs
as Peter Craig
Jacob Collins-Levy
as Andrew
Tony Rickards
as Mr. O'Connell
Lee Cormie
as Eric
Directed by Neil Armfield, written by Tommy Murphy and Timothy Conigrave, produced by Kylie du Fresne.
Average viewer score of 7.7/10 from 468 ratings.
Based on a true story; this is a touching and moving story of a couple of young Australian men who fall in love as youngsters in the days before there was any AIDS awareness. Ryan Corr ("Tim") and Craig Matthew Scott ("Tom") are superb as they act out their joyous loving relationship (complete with it's obligatory ups and downs) and then have to face the fact that, 15 years later, one has become terminally ill. We…
Reviewed on October 10, 2025
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Holding the Man (2015) is available to stream on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Holding the Man (2015) includes Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce, Sarah Snook and Anthony LaPaglia. The film was directed by Neil Armfield. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Holding the Man was released on August 27, 2015 and runs for 2h 8m.
Holding the Man (2015) holds an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 from 468 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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