Tony Rickards

Tim and John fell in love at their all-boys high school. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses.

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island.

Follows one day in the life of 12 residents of a multicultural inner-city suburb of Melbourne, who all visit an ageing pawnbroker. Within a day, lives intersect and motives are examined.