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Magik and Rose

Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 2000

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Mature

Magik (Alison Bruce), a wandering fortune teller, parks her house truck in Hokitika on a mission to find the daughter she gave up for adoption. One of her first clients, a married chemist's assistant (Nicola Murphy), is seeking a solution to infertility. Magik, too, wants another child — but not a partner. In writer/director Vanessa Alexander’s first feature, the pair embark on a joint odyssey for love and pregnancy. The film also features Oliver Driver and scenes shot at Hokitika's Wildfoods Festival. Variety critic David Stratton praised the casting and "disarmingly sweet treatment". Read more about Magik and Rose here.

...a small scale but quite delightful female buddy pic with a small town setting and deeply felt emotions. The tale of two contrasting women who want to have babies is given disarmingly sweet treatment by the 28-year-old writer-director, resulting in a colorful, lively pic that’s easy to enjoy.
– Australian writer David Stratton reviews Vanessa Alexander's first feature, Variety, 5 June 2000

Produced by

Kahukura Productions

Acknowledgements

Made under the Kahukura Productions/NZ Film Commission's 'No-Budget' scheme

Music

Features songs performed by Coalrangers, including opening song 'West Coast Bound' (composed by Ron Valente) and closing song 'Home Tonight' (composed by Des Hetherington)
 
Includes songs by The Warratahs, The Peter Stuvyvesant Hitlist, John Rowles, Dave Dobbyn and Rockinghorse
 

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