The Weight of Elephants (2013)

The Weight of Elephants (2013) (DVD) (*)

~~$20.99~~ $14.97

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Daniel Borgman

Written By:
Sonya Hartnett
Daniel Borgman

Actors:
Demos Murphy ..... Adrian
Angelina Cottrell ..... Nicole
Catherine Wilkin ..... Gran
Matthew Sunderland ..... Uncle Rory
Finn Holden ..... Clinton
Anna Hewlett ..... Nicole's Mother
Bree Peters ..... Miss Pryor
Sophie Roberts ..... Aunt Martha
Steven Woller ..... The Thin Man

Synopsis:

Three children in a neighbouring town go missing. For Adrian, who spends his days alone fantasising about things that both attract and frighten him, the incident fuels his imagination. Adrian, who was abandoned by his parents at an early age and lives with his Gran and his mentally absent Uncle Rory, sees his world rapidly changing: His best friend forsakes him for the cool boys at school, his uncle starts acting weirder than ever, and a strange family with three children moves into the house opposite his. Soon though, an odd friendship develops between Adrian and his new neighbour Nicole, a wild girl with a mysterious past.

This film is about an isolated child doing his best. A lot of the challenges children face is because the parents are absent. Isolation, loss of innocence and damaging those we love - these themes are in all my work. The weight in the title refers to the pressure that the children in the film are under. The pressure is really heavy, and we as adults have no idea how heavy pressure of this kind feels for children. I'm worried about innocent people - that the world erodes their innocence and turns it into something ugly.

Adrian, 10, a sensitive and lonely boy, abandoned by his mum at an early age to live with his grandmother and his sick uncle, finds meaning in an unlikely friendship with Nicole, 10, a crazy, mysterious outsider, who just moved in across the street and who just might be one of the abducted children that they keep talking about on the telly.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 25 April, 2022.