The Price of Milk (2000)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Harry Sinclair

Writer:

Harry Sinclair (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 2001 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

A man, a woman, and 117 cows.

Plot:

New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob...

Plot Keywords:

New Zealand | Quilt | Milk | Milk Bath | Milking Machine

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Danielle Cormack	...	Lucinda
Karl Urban	...	Rob
Willa O'Neill	...	Drosophila
Michael Lawrence	...	Bernie
Rangi Motu	...	Auntie
Lawrence Makoare	...	Nephew
Chris Graham	...	Nephew
Ray Bishop	...	Nephew
Toi Iti	...	Nephew
Bobby Tau	...	Additional golfer
Luke Hiki	...	Additional golfer
Michael Sweeney	...	Additional golfer
Tahuna Minhinnick	...	Additional golfer
Hiku Minhinnick	...	Additional golfer
Karaka Taupa	...	Additional golfer

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug use and sensuality/nudity.

Runtime:

France:87 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:LH | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Awhitu, Franklin District, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Company:

John Swimmer Productions

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Early in the film, while Lucinda is chopping wood, you hear the chop of the axe before she completes her swing.

Soundtrack:

Wedding Procession

The best from New Zealand

NZ and Australia always had some good directors and actors, in the 90's we've seen some great movies from the middle of the Pacific Ocean such as "Braindead", "The Ugly", "Once Were Warriors" and it's sequel "What Becames of the Broken Hearted", from this director "Topless Women Talk about their Lives" with Danielle Cormack that also was in the Australian "Siam Sunset" and in "Channelling Baby". "The Price of Milk" is, along with "The Irrefutable Truth" about Demons an introduction to the new cinema from outside the great markets (or should I say market?). This movie is "a modern fairy-tale" that tells the strange love story of two normal persons that almost lose their mental sanity while trying not to lose their love (and their cows and the blanket). It's a hard movie, not very easy to understand for normal people, but very appreciated by the critics. I recommended this movie to almost everybody I knew that know how to appreciate a movie. And I also recommend it to all of you. And get ready... Peter Jackson and Karl Urban will be back in Lord of the Rings!