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Jinx Sister (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
140 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Athina Tsoulis

Written By:
Athina Tsoulis

Actors:
Sara Wiseman ..... Laura
Rachel Nash ..... Mairie Carter
Jarod Rawiri ..... Sam
William Wallace ..... Phil Carter
Jenni Heka ..... Hine
Rawiri Paratene ..... Tama
Jacque Drew ..... Rebecca
Paul Glover ..... Thomas
Elizabeth Hawthorne ..... Doctor - LA
Heath Jones ..... Doctor #2
Nichola Jones ..... Organic Shop Assistant
Sally McCormick ..... Laura's Mother
Maisey Nash ..... Sophie Carter
Polly Nash ..... Jessica Carter
Cameron Rhodes ..... Laura's Father
Andrew Stehlin ..... Painter 2
Jacob Tamaiparea ..... Painter 1

Synopsis:

Jinx Sister is a story about Laura (Wiseman) who is convinced she is a jinx. People who get close to her have a habit of dying. She thought fleeing to the other side of the world would help. Instead, she developed a serious drink problem. Waking one night in an alley, with no recollection of who she had sex with, Laura decides its time to face up to her past.Laura returns to New Zealand and enters the unfamiliar Polynesian world her sister Marie (Nash) inhabits. Here, money and appearance are not what count. With the help of Sam (Rawiri), a Maori, who has had it tough but is far more together than Laura, and Hine (Heka), a Polynesian single mum, Laura discovers that it is your connections with other people that make life worth living. She reconnects with her sister and her husband Phil (Wallace), when tragedy does strike, Laura rises to the occasion.Jinx Sister is a 'growing of age' story, a meditation on how the past affects the present. It deals with sibling rivalry, loss, our need for intimacy and the stories we spin that imprison us if we let them.

Laura (Sara Wiseman) thinks she is a jinx. People who get close to her have a habit of dying. She thought fleeing to the other side of the world would help. Instead, she developed a serious drink problem. Finding her life unraveling, Laura returns to New Zealand where she discovers that you have to let go of your past in order to embrace your future. Jinx Sister is a 'growing of age' story, a meditation on how the past affects the present. It deals with sibling rivalry, loss, our need for intimacy and the stories we spin that imprison us if we let them.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 October, 2009.

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