"Falling in love again, never wanted to ..."
Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.
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Donogh Rees
Constance Elsworthy
Martin Vaughan
Alexander Elsworthy
Judie Douglass
Sylvia Elsworthy
Donald MacDonald
John Munroe
Graham Harvey
Errol Barr
Mark Wignall
Richard Lewis
Hester Joyce
Noeline
Shane Briant
Simon Malyon
Lee Grant
Mrs. Barr
Jonathan Hardy
Randolf Grieve
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Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.
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A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
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A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
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A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life.
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