Safe House is the story of a struggle for survival in an unfamiliar and threatening world, based on the true life experience of a woman in the early days of the witness protection programme in New Zealand. TV Movie
Acting
Morgana O'Reilly's raw, grounded panic carries every scene.
Direction
Laing makes mundane NZ locations feel threateningly alien.
Director
John Laing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real NZ witness protection cases from the 1970s, when the program was notoriously under-resourced and improvised.
Shot in Auckland but deliberately avoids iconic imagery, emphasizing how witness protection strips you of place itself.
NZ
US
