Feb 14, 2013
87 min
Full-HD

The Weight of Elephants (2013)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Denmark New Zealand Sweden

Companies

Zentropa Entertainments Severe Features New Zealand Film Commission Film i Väst

Demos Murphy

Adrian

Matthew Sunderland

Uncle Rory

Catherine Wilkin

Grandmother

Angelina Cottrell

Nicole

Hannah Jones

Joely

Finn Holden

Clinton

Courtney Luskie

Horse Girl

Bree Peters

Miss Pryor

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