Plot
Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families (Otto, Moy), frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.
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Cast
Matthew Macfadyen
Paul Prior
Emily Barclay
Celia
Miranda Otto
Penny Prior
Colin Moy
Andrew Prior
Jimmy Keen
Jonathan
Jodie Rimmer
Jackie
Matthew Chamberlain
Jeff
Vicky Haughton
Miss Seagar
Antony Starr
Garreth
Vanessa Riddell
Iris
Toby Alexander
Paul as Teenager
Nicholas Hayward
Andrew as Teenager
Liam Herbert
Andrew as Child
Asher Emanuel
Paul as Child
Sian Davis
Clerk
Josephine Davison
Scottish Woman
Geoff Dolan
O'Neill
Geraldine Brophy
Det. Farnon
Anne Chamberlain
Policewoman