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In the drink
A mother's alcoholic crackup and a daughter's sexual discovery smolder in the sultry New Zealand film "Rain."
By ROBIN EISGRAU
Offoffoff.com
Set in New Zealand in 1972, "Rain" talls the story of a family's
disintegration one summer as they spend their holidays in a cottage by the
seashore. The mother's (Kate, played by Sarah Peirse) primary activities are
drinking and flirting with a photographer whose boat is moored
nearby.
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Directed by: Christine Jeffs.
Written by: Christine Jeffs based on the novel by Kirsty Gunn.
Cast: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning, Telma Hopkins, Aaron Murphy..
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The young teenage daughter, Janey, played by Alicia
Fulford-Wierzbicki, catches on to mom's doings and begins to assert her
burgeoning sexuality in manipulative ways. Caught in the middle are dad and
younger brother who come across as innocent victims.
"Rain" is a gripping
drama of possibilities; each scene seems pregnant with potential for action.
There's a terse sensuality throughout the film — you can practically feel the water in the scenes where Janey and her younger brother Jim are swimming, and in a scene where Kate walks to her lover's boat through muddy sand you can
almost feel the sand as she walks.
There's a darkness that lurks beneath
the surface as the party scenes provide potential for debauchery and there's
a sense of peril in the water when the kids swim. Involving and poignant,
"Rain" is a coming-of-age film that revels in the senses.
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MAY 3, 2002
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Reader comments on Rain:
drain from mary bangin, May 5, 2002
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