Director
Christine Jeffs
Composer
Neil Finn, Edmund McWilliams
Cast
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning, Aaron Murphy
Edition 2001
92'
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2001
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Drama, Romance
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Dialogue:
English
It is the summer of 1972 and the Phelon family is settling into their isolated cottage for another perfect seaside holiday. 13-year-old Janey is awakening to the newly found power of her sexuality, and the possibilities and choices of adulthood. Not yet an adult, but no longer a child, Janey is increasingly aware of the cracks in her parents’ marriage. She is critical of the behaviour of her mother Kate. Meanwhile, Kate is dissatisfied with her marriage to Ed and increasingly unsettled by her daughter’s willfulness, her untouched beauty and growing sense of allure. When itinerant photographer Cady joins the sleepy holiday community, he brings an air of change with him; of new possibilities, and uncharted waters. Kate is drawn to the freedom he represents, and Janey follows his every move. Ed and Jim are left behind, as daughter and mother follow their own paths …
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Credits
Directors
Christine Jeffs
Composers
Neil Finn, Edmund McWilliams
Cast
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning, Aaron Murphy
Scenario
Christine Jeffs
Director of Photography
John Toon
Editors
Paul Maxwell
Producers
Philippa Campbell
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
New Zealand
Year
2001