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The Weight of Elephants

Drama

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.

Date: 02/14/2013
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Demos Murphy, Matthew Sunderland, Catherine Wilkin, Angelina Cottrell, Hannah Jones, Finn Holden, Courtney Luskie, Bree Peters, Jamaica Vaughan

Demos Murphy as Adrian in The Weight of Elephants Demos Murphy

Matthew Sunderland as Uncle Rory in The Weight of Elephants Matthew Sunderland

Catherine Wilkin as Grandmother in The Weight of Elephants Catherine Wilkin

Angelina Cottrell as Nicole in The Weight of Elephants Angelina Cottrell

Hannah Jones

Finn Holden

Courtney Luskie

Bree Peters as Miss Pryor in The Weight of Elephants Bree Peters

Jamaica Vaughan as Horse Girl in The Weight of Elephants Jamaica Vaughan

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