Rain

Rain

2001 · 92 min · EN · 5.7 (23 votes)
Dir. Christine Jeffs · Starring Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Alistair Browning, Marton Csokas, Alastair Browning, Aaron Murphy

“Be careful what your heart desires.”

DramaRomance

Janey is on vacation with her family at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Her parents, Ed and Kate, are on the verge of divorce and sit around drinking whiskey all day, while Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye.

VIBE

A melancholic, atmospheric slow-burn steeped in the humid tension of a disintegrating family holiday. It's a sensual, unsettling exploration of burgeoning desire and lost innocence, rendered with evocative, naturalistic cinematography that lingers on the fraught emotional landscape.

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drowningfamily holidayextramarital affairwoman directoradult child friendship