Richard, an astronomy-obsessed worrier spends his time fantasizing about outer-space and the cosmos, an activity which antagonizes friends and family. One day, he meets Johnny, a handsome Italian man, with an enormous appetite for life, whose idea of a holiday involves breaking into the nearest small holiday home. He offers him love and an escape from the monotony of work.
Acting
Iain Rea's Johnny—pure chaotic Italian energy in rural New Zealand.
Direction
Garth Maxwell makes 50 minutes feel like a whole lifetime of longing.
Director
Garth Maxwell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during NZ's homosexual law reform battles, this slipped under radar as 'just a romance'—radical for 1989.
Director Garth Maxwell later called this his 'most stolen-from video store' title—queer audiences desperate for representation.
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