Absent Without Leave (film)

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Absent Without Leave
Directed by John Laing
Written byGraeme Tetley
Produced by Robin Laing
Starring Craig McLachlan
CinematographyAllen Guilford
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Absent Without Leave is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by John Laing and starring Craig McLachlan. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. [1] It was summed up by Russell Edwards of Filmnews as "an incomprehensible WW2 soap opera about a dimwitted soldier (Craig McLachlan) and his whining clinging wife (Katrina Hobbs)." [2]

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References

  1. "18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. Edwards, Russell (1 November 1993), "Heat and reservations", Filmnews