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Synopsis

A wandering fortune teller parks her house truck in Hokitika on a mission to find the daughter she gave up for adoption. This is Magik. One of her first clients, a young happily married chemist's assistant, is seeking a solution to her infertility. This is Rose. Magik, too, is resolved to have another child, but without having to keep the father around. 

They embark on a joint odyssey for love, sex and pregnancy (but not necessarily in that order) in writer/director Vanessa Alexander’s convincing feature debut.

Background

A perspective by Owen Hughes 16.08.2008

Magik and Rose is a high point in an erratic history of local attempts at making low-budget feature films. The film was a product of Kahukura's ‘no-budget' scheme, produced before the company's high-profile financial demise. The ...

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 Vanessa Alexander
 Larry Parr

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 daniele

daniele

Nicola Murphy seems really a great actress!!!

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