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New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob, she takes her friend Drosophila's advice and starts to try and make Rob angry. But she tends to go too far. Admiring her ring while driving a lonely road, she has a run-in with an older woman that sets off a chain of events that begins with her quilt being stolen.
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Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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A man, a woman, and 117 cows.
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Release Date:
1 March 2001 (New Zealand)
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$10,027,
18 February 2001, Limited Release
Gross USA:
$111,124, 22 July 2001
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Director Harry Sinclair was inspired to make this film when he heard the music of Russian composer Anatol Liadov playing on the radio while scouting the New Zealand countryside.
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Goofs
Early in the film, while Lucinda is chopping wood, you hear the chop of the axe before she completes her swing.
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits are embroidered on the couple's quilt, which moves as they sleep under it to reveal the names of cast and crew.
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User Reviews
This movie is definitely the strangest I've seen in a long time. But it made me laugh. A lot. In a slightly ironic matter (as in, oh my god, what an art school movie). I'm not sure if that was the original intent of the writer/director, but I enjoyed it. On the downside, it can get a bit long sometimes and I think could have been edited a little better, i.e., cutting short some scenes, and at times Lucinda's character seems unrealistic and even downright stupid. But the payoff is some hilariously absurd scenes and concepts--my favorite was the dog in the box. I'd recommend this movie, but don't go into it expecting something breathtaking. It's first and foremost absurdist.