Life (1996 film)

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. ==Accolades==