Cedar Boys

Cedar Boys is a 2009 Australian film about the life of Middle Eastern young adults in Western Sydney, Australia. Written, Directed and coProduced by Serhat Caradee and produced by Matthew Dabner, Ranko Markovic, Jeff Purser. Cedar Boys had its world premiere at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival. It opened in theatres onJuly 2009 and was made available on DVD onDecember 2009. The film has a dedication at the end to Caradees mother, who died of cancer nineteen days after the film was completed.

Tarek Les Chantery a LebaneseAustralian, living in Sydneys tough western suburbs wants to help his imprisoned older brother, Jamal Bren Foster but cant afford the costs. His mate Nabil Buddy Dannoun, a cleaner persuades Tarek to steal drugs from a drugs depot and their drug dealing friend Sam Waddah Sari helps in distribution. Meanwhile, Tarek has met Amie Rachael Taylor, an AngloAustralian girl who likes to party and to snort cocaine.Cedar Boys cost 1.3M. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Cedar Boys grossed 354, at the box office in Australia. But did extremely well on the DVD for Sony Home Entertainment, Apple iTunes, VOD markets and has a huge cult following in the suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane due to its outsiders subject matter and multiple screening on Australian television and cable via Showtime and Movie Classics channel. ........

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