How is Australian masculinity portrayed in the film "Tom White"

"Tom White", directed by Alkinos Tsilimidoshas is a portrayal of various aspects of Australian masculinity. This is a story of a man's journey from an apparently stable suburban family life to homelessness in the big city. It is about humiliation and impotent fury, due to the loss of one significant thing; the man's career. Many Australian males are identified as the 'bread winner', the economic provider for the family. Therefore, they recognise and take pride …

…not seek counselling or charity. Rather he actively avoids it and denies the truth. For many Australian males their emotional outpourings are limited. This is expressed as Tom tried to describe his pain, except his friend Matt interrupted him by saying, "You don't have to call it anything". Australian Males are actually discouraged from naming their problems. Australian masculinity is the potential to be impregnable and independent, which is what Tom has strived to be.