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Director: Jane Campion
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From Time Out Film Guide
The first feature-length film from Jane Campion; made for TV, like An Angel at My Table, and still a little unpolished, it is nevertheless a remarkable picture. It's the story of two inseparable schoolmates, Kelly and Louise (Bidenko and Coles), and how over the course of ten months they become, in fact, separated. Campion's films are acutely personal and absolutely distinctive. They combine an oblique, detached point of view with startling human insight. She has the knack of invading private space by standing back; a sort of estranged intimacy. Here, she tells this very simple story (written by Helen Garner) in reverse. It begins in July, cuts back to February, to January, December, and finally October. The effect is puzzling at first, but stimulating, and it ends appropriately on a note of unforeseen poignancy.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Jane Campion
Producer: Jan Chapman
Cast: Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko, Kris McQuade, Stephen Leeder, Peter Hehir, Tony Barry full cast
Duration: 76 mins
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