REMEMBERING THE MAN

Remembering the man is inspired by the lives of John Caleo and Timothy Conigrave – the couple immortalised in Conigrave’s posthumous memoir Holding the Man. Remembering the man is a film about love, loss and the AIDS pandemic from a uniquely Australian perspective.

At a prestigious Catholic boys school in Melbourne 1976, arty and flamboyant Tim Conigrave fell madly in love with John Caleo, the captain of the football team. Their operatic romance lasted for 16 years, facing disapproval, infidelity, separation, and the looming shadow of the grim reaper. Their relationship has been immortalized in Tim Conigrave’s posthumous autobiography Holding the Man, which has been read and loved by millions worldwide. Remembering the man is the true story of how Romeo met Romeo and what happened ever after.

A Kreo Films FZ-LLC project.