“A reclusive teenage farmboy finds an unlikely source of inspiration to stand-up against his overbearing father.”
18-year-old Elliot lives and works on a small family-owned New Zealand dairy farm. He meanders out at dawn towards a herd of feeding cows where his attempt to take the wheel for the morning’s feed-out run is quickly overruled by his overbearing father. Elliot’s resentment grows with his increasingly apparent lack of autonomy and respect on the farm. A routine grocery trip sees Elliot bump into Laura, an enigmatic checkout operator and love interest, who pockets Elliot a pouch of tobacco on the sly, directing him to collect her later on that afternoon.
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Julian Vares Director · Eoin O’Liddigh Cinematographer Richard Lord Editor
First release April 5, 2017 · Produced in New Zealand
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Gainsborough Films
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New Zealand
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · April 5, 2017
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New Zealand
July 30, 2017 · Limited theatrical · New Zealand International Film Festival
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