Orphans and Angels ( Orphans & Angels )

Orphans and Angels (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Orphans & Angels
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Harold Brodie

Written By:
Harold Brodie

Actors:
Emmeline Hawthorne ..... Theresa
Christopher Brown ..... John
Cal Wilson ..... Kim
Aaron Ward ..... Billy
Marissa Stott ..... Zane
Chris Bailey ..... First Reveller
Tim Faville ..... Simon
Andrea Holmes ..... Mona
Tom Kane ..... Groom
Gregor McLennan ..... Tim
Daniel Sing ..... Victor
Charles Unwin ..... Reveller

Synopsis:

Love Faith Death Writer/Director Harold Brodie presents a dark tale of four intertwined individuals in the classic film noir tale. As her friend is being taken away in an ambulance Theresa (Emmeline Hawthorne) meets John (Christopher Brown), who has just returned after a five year absence. Immediately taken by his charm, the two begin dating. But Theresa is a childhood rape victim who is shy and innocent despite her Goth lifestyle, and is easily drawn into John's world of drugs, alcohol and shady dealings. Slowly John's haunted past that Theresa first wanted to refuse becomes undeniable, and it will require the help of her friend Kim (Cal Wilson) and John's partner in drug dealing Billy (Aaron Ward) to help pull her from John's spell. But will the price of freedom be worth the escape.

Love, drugs and murder are the backdrop for Orphans and Angels, a new film noir from New Zealand by first-time director/writer/editor Harold Brodie. Our story begins with the return of John after a five-year mysterious absence. A chance meeting in a bar and a girl on the street set the stage for this dark and passionate tale. Theresa is immediately taken by John's charm. A rape victim from childhood, she is shy and somewhat an innocent who is ever hopeful that she will fall in love. Theresa offers John a ride to a youth hostel, meets him for drinks, and soon takes him home. Together in her apartment, they take Ecstasy, the first time for Theresa. Through a maze of drugs, wine and warmth, she shares her troubled past, her hopes and her dreams with John, all the while slipping more and more under his control. Slowly John's haunted past begins to filter into their dream world and Theresa's life is changed forever. Kim, Theresa's best friend, and Billy, John's partner in drug dealing, eventually pull Theresa out from under John's spell, but only at a price greater than life itself.

The needy and traumatized Theresa, who was raped when she was fourteen year-old, meets the handsome John on the street after an accident during a performance on the stage of her friend Kim asking for a low-budget hotel. She offers a ride to a nearby hostel, they date and she brings him home, where he offers Ecstasy with wine to her. Kim advises her that John is a dangerous drug-dealer that has been missing for five years after the death of his girlfriend also called Theresa, but Theresa stays with him, practicing mutual masturbation, sharing her fears and fantasies and being permanently drugged. When John's friend Billy visits Theresa, he reveals dark secrets about her boyfriend, leading to a tragic end.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 07 November, 2012.

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