A disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended.
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Title: In My Father's Den (2004)
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Cast
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| Matthew Macfadyen | ... | Paul Prior | |
| Miranda Otto | ... | Penny | |
| Emily Barclay | ... | Celia Steimer | |
| Colin Moy | ... | Andrew | |
| Jimmy Keen | ... | Jonathon | |
| Jodie Rimmer | ... | Jackie | |
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Toby Alexander | ... | Paul as a teenager |
| Vicky Haughton | ... | Ms Seagar | |
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Nicholas Hayward | ... | Andrew as a teenager |
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Liam Herbert | ... | Andrew as a child |
| Vanessa Riddell | ... | Iris | |
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Asher Emanuel | ... | Paul as a child |
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Matthew Chamberlain | ... | Jeff |
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Peter Hishon | ... | Vet |
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Mabel Wharekawa | ... | Winnie (as Mabel Burt) |
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Paul, a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families, frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life. Written by bondish
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 October 2004 (New Zealand) See more »Also Known As:
I sanningens spår See more »Edit
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Budget:
NZD7,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,627,788Company Credits
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Composed by Marie-Joseph Canteloube
Performed by Kiri Te Kanawa and The English Chamber Orchestra
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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. See more »Alternate Versions
To secure a "15" certificate UK versions are cut by 1 min 56 secs and remove a bedroom scene in which Paul asks a woman to sexually asphyxiate him with the belt of his trousers. See more »Soundtracks
Chants d'Auvergne - Series 1: BaileroComposed by Marie-Joseph Canteloube
Performed by Kiri Te Kanawa and The English Chamber Orchestra
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There was a lot of hype about this film before screening at the Auckland/ Wellington film festival - it had been hailed by critics as the best NZ film since 'Once Were Warriors' and 'Heavenly Creatures' which meant that it was up for
some heavy slating if it didn't perform to expectations. Upon seeing the film I have to say that I think it is one of the most sensitive and intelligent films to come out of NZ for a long while, and although it's unfair to make comparisons, it's fair to say that it is up there with the best of NZ films, (probably) in the top five. What makes this film unique is that it dares to look beneath the surface of our society and the people who make it up. It dares to take it's time. It dares to follow it's own rules than that of your average mystery/murder mystery. This is not a film for people who get bored easily or don't like to think or participate in the story- telling process - it is for those of us who like to take a plunge into something a little different, challenging (both in the way it's told and what it's about) and unpredictable. In essence this is the sort of film which will establish a strong following but, because it sits outside the flags of comfortable viewing, will be met with hesitation from those who like their films pre-digested and served with a smile.