Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name Holding the Man is the warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15 year love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he feel in love with at high school John Caleo. Tim was an aspiring actor. John, the captain of the school football team. their relatonship blossomed and endured in the face prejudice, adversity and the cruel illness that devastated the gay community in the 1980’s. Holding the Man is the great Australian love story that will be remembered for decades to come.