Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discriminations, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve, tried to destroy them. Based on Timothy Conigrave's cult-classic and hilarious memoir, and the inspiration for the award winning stage play, Holding The Man is the remarkable true-life love story that speaks across generations, sexualities and cultures.