Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand, United States, Germany
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
- mother
- obsession
- literature
- christchurch
- based on true story
- love
- friends
- murder
- relationship
- 1950s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Melanie Lynskey
Pauline Parker
Kate Winslet
Juliet Hulme
Sarah Peirse
Honorah Parker Rieper
Diana Kent
Hilda Hulme
- Clive Merrison — Dr. Henry Hulme
- Simon O'Connor — Herbert Rieper
- Jed Brophy — John / Nicholas
- Peter Elliott — Bill Perry
- Gilbert Goldie — Dr. Bennett
- Geoffrey Heath — Rev. Norris
- Kirsti Ferry — Wendy
- Ben Skjellerup — Jonathan Hulme
- Darien Takle — Miss Stewart
- Elizabeth Moody — Miss Waller
- Liz Mullane — Mrs. Collins
- Directed
- Peter Jackson
- Written
- Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 1,051 ratings
- Studio
- WingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Fontana Film Production
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
