Synopsis
In writer/director Paolo Rotondo’s debut feature, three teenagers on the run break into a deluxe Waiheke Island home and find themselves caught in a tense psychodrama with the conflicted owner.
Orphans & Kingdoms
2014 Directed by Paolo Rotondo
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Amazing film, Loved the Premiere! The film gives you a lot to think about - what is going on in this world!
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A lovingly crafted and pretty effective home-invasion story made on Auckland’s Waiheke Island for a minuscule budget with a largely young and unknown cast. Uniformly strong performances from the antagonists, but the father/son relationship behind much of the film’s emotional weight didn’t really work for me.
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“One of the script’s strengths is how it manages to switch the balance of power – not just between the have and have-nots but even within the young gang. Only occasionally does it feel like character is being sacrificed for narrative drive and the eventual escape (I’m not saying who) comes across as a little easier than it might have been – perhaps the sleepiness of the Waiheke constabulary can be fingered for that.”
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A lovingly crafted and pretty effective home-invasion story made on Auckland’s Waiheke Island for a minuscule budget with a largely young and unknown cast. Uniformly strong performances from the antagonists, but the father/son relationship behind much of the film’s emotional weight didn’t really work for me.
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Amazing film, Loved the Premiere! The film gives you a lot to think about - what is going on in this world!