Life is a 1996 Australian film about life in a section of a prison reserved for those infected with HIV.
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Plot
Hot-tempered former nightclub bouncer, Des (John Brumpton), is a new prison inmate. He tests positive for AIDS, which he attributes to contracting from club stripper Sharon (Belinda McClory). He is sent to 'T2', the segregated HIV positive section, to help keep the virus at bay. His new cellmate Ralph (David Treddinick) is dying fairly quickly and blames a blood transfusion for his illness, while inmate Snakey (Robert Morgan) is watching his lover Jimmy slowly die.
The film explores the interactions between the afflicted patients of different backgrounds and ages, the emotional conflict regarding their unresolved pasts, and their fears about mortality and a future that may never come.
Cast
John Brumpton as Des
David Tredinnick as Ralph
Libby Tanner as Jane
Robert Morgan as Snakey
Belinda McClory as Sharon
Noel Jordan as Timmy
Ian Scott as Officer Berwick
Luke Elliot as Wayne
Jeff Kovski as Chooki
Peta Doodson as Officer Amy
Tony Nikolakopoulos as Prison Officer
Background
John Brumpton (who also starred) co-wrote the film with Lawrence Johnston. It was based on Brumpton's play It Ain't Rehabilitation It's Containment, which was previously staged at Melbourne's La Mama in 1991, to sold out audiences.