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Rain begins by evoking an idyllic kiwi summer. It's a 1970s beach holiday; Mum, Dad and the kids. Picture perfect. But, as the title hints, all is not sunny days at the bach. Beneath still waters Mum is drowning in drink, Dad is defeated, and 13-year-old Janey is awakening to a new kind of power. An adaptation of the eponymous Kirsty Gunn novel, Rain was director Christine Jeffs' widely acclaimed debut feature and saw her selected on Variety’s 2002 ‘Ten Directors to Watch’ list. Kevin Thomas in the LA Times acclaimed the film as, “an important feature debut”.
Rain was the first feature from successful commercials and short film director, Christine Jeffs. A 1970s family summer holiday is the context for a poetically haunting exploration of ...
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No film has ever moved me like this one did... The children's acting blew me away! So believable and authentic. Could easily relate to it, traditional kiwi summers, family holidays, family issues... So real... Beautiful settings. Brilliant story. Amazing movie!!!
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Television, 1977 (Full Length)
Cinematographer John Toon features in this doco
Television, 1989 (Full Length)
Rain producer Philippa Campbell was script editor for this production
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
Rain producer Philippa Campbell was script editor for this doco
Television, 1994 (Full Length Episode)
Featuring actor Marton Csokas as Leonard Dodds
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
More award-winning work from actor Sarah Peirse
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Darian Zam
Posted at 04.09PM - 04.03.2011
easily one of the top few best films to come out of New Zealand in the last decade.