In 1970s Sydney, two teenage girls who have desperately trying to break into the “in” crowd who dominate the Greenhill beach. Once they are accepted into the group, they realise that the group’s laid-back, ultra-cool facade is just that: a glossy cover-up.

Director Bruce Beresford gives the California teen movie a singularly Australian spin with this spirited coming-of-age time capsule. Casting a warm, nonjudgmental eye on its hormonally propelled protagonists, Puberty Blues plots a decidedly feminist path through the crushes and hang-ups of youth.