At an Australian backyard BBQ, amongst alcohol, friendship and a children's cricket game a man slaps a child who is not his son. The child's parents are so affronted they vow to take the man to court. One cousin is forced to testify against another. Couples are caught in the crossfire. Beliefs are tested and relationships strained. The story unfolds through the points of view of eight characters and as the court case proceeds, as affairs begin and end, as a pregnancy is decided and marriages morph and change, each character's life is profoundly affected by the slap.... Who's side will you take? [show more]
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The first series of the TV drama based on the best-selling novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas. When a man slaps a child that isn't his own at a backyard barbecue, a plethora of racial, gender and interpersonal conflicts are unleashed. Each of the episodes follows a different character who has been affected by the slap, from the man who hit the poorly behaved child and is now the subject of a police investigation, Harry (Alex Dimitriades), to a couple of teenagers, Richie (Blake Davis) and Connie (Sophie Lowe), who witnessed the event and find that it has impacted on their lives in unexpected ways. The episodes are: 'Hector', 'Anouk', 'Harry', 'Connie', 'Rosie', 'Manolis', 'Aisha' and 'Richie'.
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