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Certificate 18

Cast Miranda Otto Matthew Macfadyen Emily Barclay Colin Moy

Directors Brad McGann

Screenwriters Brad McGann

Running Time 126 minutes

In My Father's Den
Comparisons to Lantana will be inevitable, but this antipodean drama stands solidly on its own merits.

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Plot
After the death of his father, restless war reporter Paul Prior (MacFadyen) returns to the small New Zealand town he left 17 years ago. While there, he builds up a close relationship with Celia (Barclay), the teenage daughter of his ex-girlfriend, who he suspects could be his daughter.

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