What would you dig up if you kept going down? This couple finds out.
A retired couple spend their time digging into the earth beneath their house in search of treasures, until a tremor shakes things up.
Acting
Kate Harcourt's serene determination masks something terrifying.
Direction
Pardington turns a hole in the ground into existential horror.
Director
Neil Pardington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of New Zealand's 1990s short film renaissance, when government funding let weird, small stories flourish. Pardington went on to become a celebrated art photographer.
The house was real, the hole was not—Harcourt and Smyth performed their descent on a constructed set, giving their performances that uncanny theatrical precision.
NZ
