'In My Father's Den' sur la Toile

• IMDb
  
• ScreenRush
  

In My Father’s Den (extracts)
T. H. E. Film/Little Bird. Director: Brad McCann. 2004. Duration 4:36
Classification Rating: R16
Another book adaptation In My Father’s Den is based on Maurice Gee’s novel. Paul Prior, a war
photojournalist, returns to New Zealand to settle his deceased father’s estate. Here he encounters his past: his religious brother; his brother’s repressed wife; his ex-girlfriend who has never forgiven him for leaving; her daughter Celia; and his father’s secret den. Celia and Paul form a close friendship, despite their age difference, and when Celia goes missing this friendship is called into question.
“Brad McGann's brilliant, involving and ultimately devastating version of In My Father's Den is that rare type of adaptation: one that doesn't just successfully translate a great book (although that's rare enough), but just as successfully updates it and refreshes it, finding new ways into its difficult emotions, amplifying and renewing its themes. The key to Maurice Gee's novel – and this film – is that great New Zealand urge: the need to get away, to get out. The corollary of that is an equally typical New Zealand feeling: the fear or disappointment faced when coming back.” Philip Matthews, The Listener 2004

Comparison:
BBFC 15 (UK)
German DVD

Matthieu a écrit:Site officiel néozélandais

Site officiel allemand (Capelight Pictures)
Photographies haute résolution à télécharger

New Zealand cinema is established enough to merit a series of books each dedicated to a movie deemed a local classic, and Massey University cinema expert Dr Brian McDonnell has written the first, In My Father’s Den, adapted from the novel of the same name by Maurice Gee....

He considers the 2004 film to be “one of the boldest and most radical adaptations of a classic New Zealand novel” and hopes his thorough analysis will affirm why he and other film specialists consider it “an undisputed classic of New Zealand cinema” for its intelligent, perceptive script and sublime cinematography....

The book is in part a tribute to Brad McGann ...

In My Father’s Den is available online from the publisher (Kakapo Books)