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Overview

User Rating:
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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:
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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

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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 as a teenager: You shouldn't be here.
Jackie as a teenager: What are you telling me - that I'm not as important as what goes on in your head?
Paul as a teenager: There's just parts of me that you can't have.
[Voice Over]
Paul as a teenager: No-one can.
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Soundtrack:
Lost in a Mansion more

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31 out of 31 people found the following comment useful:-
Brilliant, 18 January 2005
9/10
Author: suze-16 from New Zealand

Having had to do NZ fiction at school over a decade ago and hating it, I was not sure what to expect with this film. It has made me want to go and buy the book and get back into the wonder of my country's literary heritage... but that's another story.

This film is beautiful. It's tense, funny (some of the cameos for kiwi's to look out for additional fun!)... it takes you into the heart and soul of the characters. The two main characters are portrayed so wonderfully, you feel you're an extension of them.

Not knowing the story probably helped as I was not expecting everything that comes to pass (don't want to spoil anything). The movie, though desperate at some times, makes you feel somewhat uplifted. Hope. By the way, does anyone know who did the painting? I loved it.

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