| Director | Tim Burstall |
|---|---|
| Budget | A$226,000 |
| Box office | $1.4 million |
Tony Petersen is an electrical tradesman and former football star who is studying arts at the University of Melbourne, majoring in English. Despite being married to adoring wife Susie, Petersen is having an affair with his married lecturer, Trish Kent, and has a fling with student Moira as part of a protest. Trish's husband, Professor Charles Kent, is also seeing one of his students after class. Petersen and Trish talk about having a baby. Charles fails Petersen in his exams and Trish leaves for Oxford. Petersen rapes Trish and returns to his old life.