Crush (1992 film)

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Crush
Directed by Alison Maclean
Written byAlison Maclean
Anne Kennedy
Produced byTrevor Haysom
Bridget Ikin
Starring
CinematographyDion Beebe
Edited by John Gilbert
Music by Antony Partos
Release date
  • 15 September 1992 (1992-09-15)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Crush is a 1992 New Zealand drama film directed by Alison Maclean. It was winner of four film awards and was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

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Plot

While driving through New Zealand so that literary critic Christina can interview author Colin Iseman, Lane crashes their car. Christina is hospitalized with severe injuries while Lane is able to walk away with only a mild head injury.

The following day Lane goes to Colin's home where she meets Colin's teenage daughter Angela, whom she initially mistakes for a boy. Lane takes Angela out drinking and the two quickly become friends. After meeting her briefly when she spends the night Colin becomes infatuated with her and the two sleep together.

In the meantime, Christina slowly recovers and starts to remember the events, but has limited mental capabilities. The four (Colin, Lane, Angela, and Christina) go on a trip to a forest, where Christina stands up from the wheelchair and starts to walk again with the help of Lane, who confesses she is very sorry for the accident and tries to help her make her first steps again. The two women walk to a wooden overlook built above a cascade, and Christina pushes an absent-minded Lane over the overlook's handrail and into the abyss. The entire scene is watched by Angela from a distance, who then runs to the spot, looks at the collapsed Christina, then down the whirling cascade waters, but cannot see whether Lane has survived or not. This is where the film ends.

Cast

Music

Awards

New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I) 1993 [4]

Film award wins

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References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Crush". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Closing credits. TAB 3: "The credits for this feature film." NZ On Screen
  3. ↑ 15 February 2012. Esteemed conductor to join Monash
  4. ↑ New Zealand On Screen, Crush awards. NZ On Screen
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