In My Father's Den

June. 11,2004      R
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families (Otto, Moy), frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.

Matthew Macfadyen as  Paul Prior
Emily Barclay as  Celia
Miranda Otto as  Penny Prior
Colin Moy as  Andrew Prior
Jimmy Keen as  Jonathan
Jodie Rimmer as  Jackie
Matthew Chamberlain as  Jeff
Vicky Haughton as  Miss Seagar
Antony Starr as  Garreth
Vanessa Riddell as  Iris

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