A mail-order bride from Siberia, the lonely wife of a wealthy property investor, and an anaesthetist looking for frisky fun, are the central characters in this sharply observed slice-of-life set around Wellington. Uproariously funny one moment and deeply affecting the next, New Zealand actor-filmmaker Loren Taylor’s (Eagle vs Shark) free-wheeling debut contrasts life’s absurdities with our innate desire to form connections, seek happiness and maybe even make some sense of it all.

Winner of the Best First Feature prize at Tallinn, it’s wonderfully acted by a cast that includes Australian Victoria Haralabidou (Prosper, The Tourist), and Taylor’s Eagle vs Shark co-star Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords, What We Do In The Shadows).

Screening with short film PASIFIKA DRIFT (2024 | 11m | Alana Hicks | Australia | UC15+).

 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3J0GFSyfk

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