When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Acting
Rampling's razor-sharp cruelty masking unbearable tenderness.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes British restraint against Kiwi bluntness.
Cinematography
The house as character: cluttered, suffocating, unexpectedly warm.
Director
Matthew J. Saville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
NZ
