Dressed in a sequinned shirt and flared black pants like some teenage Elvis, 17-year-old Kol (Elias Anton), the nervy centre of queer romance Of an Age, cuts a dazzling figure.
In an early sequence, he sprints past rows of ugly, sun-bleached houses and paling fences on a sleepy Melbourne morning, his desperate stride set in stark contrast to the drab, lifeless landscape.