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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   2,975 votes
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Director:
Brad McGann
Writers:
Maurice Gee (novel)
Brad McGann (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 October 2004 (New Zealand) more
Genre:
Mystery | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Who you set out to be isn't always who you become.
Plot:
A disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
19 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
DON'T MISS THIS ONE more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Matthew Macfadyen ... Paul Prior

Miranda Otto ... Penny
Emily Barclay ... Celia Steimer
Colin Moy ... Andrew
Jimmy Keen ... Jonathon
Jodie Rimmer ... Jackie
Toby Alexander ... Paul as a teenager
Vicky Haughton ... Ms Seagar
Nicholas Hayward ... Andrew as a teenager
Liam Herbert ... Andrew as a child

Vanessa Riddell ... Iris
Asher Emanuel ... Paul as a child
Matthew Chamberlain ... Jeff
Peter Hishon ... Vet
Mabel Wharekawa ... Winnie (as Mabel Burt)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, language, some violence and drug use.
Runtime:
127 min
Country:
New Zealand | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
IFMD Ltd. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The wartime photographs used for the film were taken by South African photojournalist Greg Marinovich. The photograph of the child was taken by Romano Cagnoni. more
Quotes:
Paul Prior: My mum - she was very religious. She had these little sermons about the beauty God hides away in little corners... My dad didn't believe in anything - he was an atheist. more
Soundtrack:
Free Money more

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69 out of 74 people found the following comment useful:-
DON'T MISS THIS ONE, 3 December 2004
Author: Alan Burnell from Bristol, England

As an old codger who doesn't usually express himself on the internet this comment is a bit out of character. We saw the film recently while holidaying in NZ, nothing to do one Sunday evening and thought a local film might be interesting. Came out gobsmacked and argued and discussed it with my partner late into the night. Wanted to see if I could get a DVD, not realising it hadn't been released in the UK, and fell into this site.

The film is a bit like a jigsaw, at first it has no shape but as bits are added it starts to make sense and the enormity of the problem Paul has inadvertently got himself into becomes clear. The story is totally believable and all the actors, even the bit parts, are brilliant and convincing. The discontinuity of the story line means you have to work to understand it, but that adds to the interest.

The scenery is great (well, it is NZ). There is a little swearing and small sex scenes but they are also well done and not overplayed, and are necessary for the plot.

Am looking forward to seeing it again

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