Of an Age: The Sweetness of Remember Your Name

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Storyline via IMDB:

In the summer of 1999, a 17-year-old Serbian-born Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother.

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Review:

I found the gay romance Of an Age (on Peacock) filled with subtle echoes of Call Me By Your Name. The age difference between the would be lovers is more June-July than May-December, so there are less creepy overtones, and most importantly, they are of an age beyond legal consent.

Of an Age also has the benefit of distance. The second half takes place fifteen years later, at a wedding, so rueful recollection offers a chance to clean up the last emotional strings remaining. It has maturity, wisdom, insight and restraint. The transience of the affair puts it into perspective. The pain remains a faded echo of desire, and first love, sexual awakening.

The only slight detriment in the storytelling are the strident female characters. I suspected they were mainly a plot device to get the lovers together. Maybe also an extension of their fear, lack of interest in the female world, a rejection of that in their life. They’re just socially acceptable dance partners at the wedding reception.

Of an Age gets a 3.5 out of 5 or a B+.

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Credits:

Directed by

Goran Stolevski

Written by

Goran Stolevski

Produced by

• Kristina Ceyton
• Samantha Jennings

Starring

• Elias Anton
  • Thom Green
  • Hattie Hook

Cinematography

Matthew Chuang

Edited by

Goran Stolevski

Production

companies

• Screen Australia
• VicScreen
• Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund
  • Headgear Films
  • Causeway Films

Distributed by

Roadshow Films

Release dates

• 4 August 2022(MIFF)
• 17 February 2023(United States)
• 23 March 2023(Australia)

Running time

99 minutes

Country

Australia

Language

English

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