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Synopsis

When his father dies, Paul, a world-weary war journalist, returns to his Central Otago hometown. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young girl. Their relationship is frowned upon by and when she disappears, the community holds him responsible. The events that follow force Paul to confront a tragic incident he fled as a youth, and to face dark adult secrets. In My Father's Den marks the debut of a formidable fledgling talent. It was tragically also the last feature for writer-director Brad McGann, who died of cancer in 2007.

Background

A perspective by Richard King 22.08.2008

After their collaboration on the short film Possum (1997), producer Trevor Haysom felt Brad McGann had the right sensibility to write a screen adaptation of Maurice Gee's novel In My Father's Den. McGann was initially unsure ...

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 Brad McGann
 Dixie Linder
 Trevor Haysom

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murder, thriller, isolation, whodunit, journalist, photography, repression, secrets, tragedy, mystery, adaptation