A story of a young male prostititue in a small New Zealand town who discovers the truth behind a fatal hit and run accident. When news of the death spreads through the district, the family of the responsible driver realizes that the boy must be kept silent. Using local gossip they set out to frighten him into submission. The pressure becomes increasingly aggressive and through it the boy battles to expose the truth.
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
25 June 2012
22 May 2012
My First Suit (1985)
A coming of age comedy about a young New Zealander who is more preoccupied with his vivid imagination of a hunk that lives just across his aunt's apartment more than the first formal dance he is to attend whilst his recently separated parents are so excited about the first suit he will wear to the party.
30 March 2012
Communication (2010)
An Orthodox Jewish student unexpectedly inherits the estate of his estranged mentor, and discovers a painful truth about their final days together.
19 March 2012
Teddy (2009)
Dyed-in-the-wool Londoner Tony (Brian Moore) has travelled over 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand for a holiday with his ex, the man who abandoned him for a life on the other side of the world - Neil (Chris Tempest). While Tony"s hopes of rekindling his relationship with Neil are complicated by the presence of Neil"s new man, Phil (Alan Granville), it"s a faded old teddy bear which will finally decide their fate.
02 January 2012
Siren (1996)
On the process of grief is the exploration of the conflicted emotions of a young soldier whose hallucinatory encounter with a siren allows him to come to terms with the loss of his best friend cum lover in battle.
14 December 2011
Te Keremutunga o Nga Atua (1995) Twilight of the Gods
During an explosive clash of cultures, a Maori warrior (Greg Mayor) and a European (Marton Csokas) soldier meet at the edge of death. When love intervenes, hate retreats, freeing them to enter a passionate new world of possibility and understanding. Until one day...
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