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Weight of Elephants, The

 

New Zealand / Denmark 2013, 84 minutes
Dir. Daniel Borgman
Rating: [M] Content may disturb
Genres: Drama / Youth

Topics: Rites-of-passage.

 

Synopsis: A sensitive young boy struggles with home life and the world around him in this heightened tale of uneasy childhood set in New Zealand's deep south.

Aroview: Operating on a deep level, Daniel Borgman’s [debut] film prioritises what goes on under the surface almost to the complete exclusion of plot. Gorgeous Demos Murphy plays 10-year-old Adrian, living with his depressed Uncle Rory (great Matthew Sunderland) and Gran (Catherine Wilkin) in suburban Invercargill. The strange disappearance of three local children has an upsetting effect on a boy who is struggling to fit in to the world around him anyway.

If NZ cinema wasn’t already overloaded with stories about children struggling with absentee parents I would recommend it more highly — it is a very fine example of a genre we can truly claim to own — and Borgman announces himself as a talent to keep an eye on. ~Dan Slevin

NZ International Film Festival 2013

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  • aspect ratio: 16:9
 

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