A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentalist mother rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.
Acting
Kate Elliott carries the entire film on her weary shoulders.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll forget it's scripted.
Director
Larry Parr
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Te Kuiti, New Zealand, capturing the specific isolation of rural Māori and Pākehā working-class communities rarely seen on screen.
John Noble (Howard) filmed this between Lord of the Rings gigs—his quiet menace here is the anti-Gandalf.
US
NZ
