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HOOK, LINE & SINKER

New Zealand / 2011 / 110 min / DCP / Comedy Drama

Director : Andrea Bosshard & Shane Loader
Script : Andrea Bosshard & Shane Loader
Cinematography : Deane Cronin
Editing : Annie Collins
Music : Plan 9
Production : Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader, Jeremy Macey
Cast : Rangimoana Taylor, Carmel McGlone, Geraldine Brophy, Matthew Chamberlain

 

PJ (Rangimoana Taylor) is a truckdriver with a workingman’s pride in his job. His partner Ronnie(Carmel McGlone), her two kids bordering on adulthood, singing at the local pub and fishing with his best mate Jono (KC Kelly), form the backbone of his modest existence. But when he fails a mandatory eye test and loses his driving license, PJ’s life unravels. In the face of his imminent future as a blind man, the ever pragmatic Ronnie upscales her wedding dress business with the help of her ambitious older sister Bernadette (Geraldine Brophy) to become the breadwinner of the family. But PJ, refusing to accept the loss of his sight and unable to cope with the rapidly altering family dynamics, takes everyone on a tumultuous emotional journey to the very edge until, with Ronnie's help, he finds himself a new place in the world .

 

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