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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.
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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Film, 2003 (Trailer and Excerpts)
Another drama involving the after-effects of violent crime
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Another Maurice Gee adaptation
Film, 2010 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Storyline features a young person disappearing
Television, 1986 (Full Length Episode)
Written by Maurice Gee
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Darian Zam
Posted at 04.11PM - 04.03.2011
I didn't see this until five years after it was released, but it quickly became my favourite film to come out of New Zealand in the last decade.