Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Waiting Place, The (2000)- Dir. Cristobal Araus Lobos
- A carefully made 'DV–feature' about two unstable prison–escapers who traverse an overgrown rural landscape towards a rendezvous at an…
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning - Alan Duff–scripted sequel to his novel ONCE WERE WARRIORS is as good a sequel as one could reasonably expect. Story continues some years on…
When Love Comes (1999)- Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning… - Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
Memory and Desire (1998)- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Brenda Kendall, Yuri Kinugawa, Norman Forsey - Director Niki Caro pulls out the art–house stops for her feature debut: a love–story about a mismatched Japanese couple whose honeymoon…
Saving Grace (1997)- Dir. Costa Botes
Feat. Kirsty Hamilton, Jim Moriarty - A kind of Jesus of Upper Cuba Street, this adaptation of Duncan Sarkies' stageplay ambitiously hammers a drama of poverty in inner–city…
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997)
- Dir. Harry Sinclair
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Joel Tobeck, Ian Hughes… - The local sensation of the '97 year that far too few Kiwis saw on the big screen, this fresh and assured comic tableau sees various appealing…
Whole of the Moon, The (1997)- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Toby Fisher, Nikki Si'Ulepa, Pascale Bussieres… - Heartfelt yet uplifting story of two disparate teenage cancer patients who find strength in their misfortune. Dir. Ian Mune's talent for coaxing…
Broken English (1996)- Dir. Gregor Nicholas
Feat. Rade Serbedzija, Aleksandra Vujcic, Julian Arahanga - Racial angst and insecurities afflict an immigrant Serbian family living in the Auckland suburbs. Impassioned drama stars Slavic superstar Rade…
Flight of the Albatross (1995)- Dir. Werner Meyer
Feat. Julia Brendler, Jack Thompson - Teenager Julia Brendler migrates from Germany to New Zealand to renuite with her mother, a scientist studying the albatross colony on a remote island.
Heavenly Creatures (1994)- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse - Peter Jackson follows his zombie trilogy with this Oscar–nominated tour–de–force based on the Parker–Hulme murders of the…
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