Oct 14, 2008
96 min
Full-HD

Show of Hands (2008)

Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a car - whoever keeps their hand on it the longest wins. As the sleepless days wear by, what price will they pay for winning this competition?

Category

Country

New Zealand

Companies

New Zealand Film Commission Television New Zealand NZ on Air Great Southern Films Venture Taranaki Trust

Melanie Lynskey

Jess

Craig Hall

Tom

Stephen Lovatt

Hatch

Chelsie Preston Crayford

Betsy

Matt Whelan

Matt

Nick Dunbar

Insomniac

Semu Filipo

Tayshawn

William Johnson

Walter

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