A fictional memoir of a 12-year-old boy's holiday on his uncle's farm, Old Man's Story is also a character study of the personable, potentially dodgy ex-sailor who works there as hired hand. When an orphaned girl comes to stay, there are worries the man has crossed the line in his relationship with her. The first drama for Wellington company The Gibson Group, Old Man's Story also marks a rare screen adaptation of author Frank Sargeson, whose tales of losers and outsiders made him "one of the founders of a modern New Zealand literature" (Lawrence Jones).
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Venus Yerkovich
Posted at 11.14PM - 20.11.2009
Great film. Great actors. Pat Evison! Have seen her in many Kiwi films, but I hadnt seen this one before. We need this sort of stuff on our TV screens today! Better by far than the stuff we have to watch for the sake of advertising. Thanks - many thanks