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Adrian is a classic outsider. His playful, dreamy imagination distracts him from everyday life, for the reality he lives in could not be more different. Neither his chronically depressed uncle nor his overworked grandmother understand the ten-year-old’s games. His mother abandoned him when he was very young and he is bullied at school. Just as news arrives that three children are missing, a new family moves in next door. Adrian develops a close relationship to their tomboyish, ten-year-old daughter Nicole and believes he is getting close to solving the mys- tery of the missing children. New Zealand forms the backdrop for this universal story for adults and those who have never wanted to grow up. It is a story about friendship and loneliness, emotions which Adrian already feels so poignantly as a child. The Danish first-time director’s expressive visual language dramatically merges water and air, reality and a hint of fantasy.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Demos Murphy, Matthew Sunderland, Catherine Wilkin

Released: February 14, 2013

Runtime: 87.0

Popularity Rating: 0.190

Severe Features, Zentropa Entertainments

Denmark, New Zealand

Adrian Demos Murphy
Uncle Rory Matthew Sunderland
Grandmother Catherine Wilkin
Nicole Angelina Cottrell
Joely Hannah Jones
Clinton Finn Holden
Horse Girl Courtney Luskie

Art — Production Design: Kirsty Cameron
Camera — Director of Photography: Sophia Olsson
Directing — Director: Daniel Borgman
Editing — Editor: Molly Malene Stensgaard
Production — Casting: Stu Turner
Production — Executive Producer: Louise Vesth
Production — Executive Producer: Peter Aalbak Jensen
Production — Producer: Katja Adomeit
Production — Producer: Leanne Saunders
Sound — Original Music Composer: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Writing — Writer: Daniel Borgman