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Synopsis

Anthropologist Max Scarry goes missing in Fiordland, while searching for a fabled Māori tribe. The local policeman believes Max broke local tapu. Max's partner Ruth sets off with his twin brother, murder suspect Edward, to try to unravel the mystery. John Laing's second feature attempts an ambitious Hitchcockian plot, and the cast - especially John Bach's terse doppelganger performance - testifies to the talent on hand even in the early days of the Kiwi film renaissance. Atmospheric camerawork makes the most of damp Wellington, and remote bush settings.

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 John Laing
 Gary Hannam
 Darien Takle

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Kinda shit is this

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Quotes

Max is missing. He's disappeared. 
Better get going George. I wanna be out of here before dark. 

Awards

1983 Sitges Film Festival (Spain)
International Critics' Jury Prize