Project Detail

In My Father's Den

Name: In My Father's Den
Director: Brad McGann
Genre: Drama
Released: 2005
Duration: 126 mins

Synopsis

Paul (Matthew Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown on the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Emily Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence.

But many, including the members of both their families, frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Features
Running time: 126 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Brad McGann 1st Feature
Producer: Sue Bruce Smith, James Mitchell, Paul Trijbits, Jim Reeve, Steve Robbins
Co-Producer: Sue Bruce Smith, James Mitchell, Paul Trijbits, Jim Reeve, Steve Robbins
Editor: Chris Plummer
Screenwriter: Brad McGann
Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh
Sound: Richard Flynn
Composer: Simon Boswell
Principal cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay, Colin Moy

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Little Bird

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New Zealand Film

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