Not all angels are innocent.
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
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Earnest, grave, overwhelming and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Melanie LynskeyPauline Parker
- Kate WinsletJuliet Hulme
- Sarah PeirseHonorah Parker Rieper
- Diana KentHilda Hulme
- Clive MerrisonDr. Henry Hulme
- Simon O'ConnorHerbert Rieper
- Jed BrophyJohn / Nicholas
- Peter ElliottBill Perry
- Gilbert GoldieDr. Bennett
- Geoffrey HeathRev. Norris
Crew
- Peter JacksonDirector
- Peter JacksonScreenplay
- Fran WalshScreenplay
- Alun BollingerDirector of Photography
- Peter DasentOriginal Music Composer
- Jamie SelkirkEditor
- Jim BoothProducer
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