Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, New Zealand
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
- new zealand
- time travel
- black death
- plague
- tunnel
- medieval england
- 14th century
- prophetic dreams
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Noel Appleby — Ulf
- Paul Livingston — Martin
- Sarah Peirse — Linnet
- Mark Wheatley — Tog 1
- Tony Herbert — Tog 2
- Jessica Cardiff-Smith — Esme
- Roy Wesney — Grandpa
- Kathleen-Elizabeth Kelly — Grandma
- Jay Saussey — Griffin's Girlfriend
- Charles Walker — Old Chrissie
- Desmond Kelly — Smithy
- Directed
- Vincent Ward
- Written
- Vincent Ward, Kely Lyons, Geoff Chapple
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 92 ratings
- Studio
- Arenafilm, Film Investment Corporation of New Zealand, The Australian Film Commission, New Zealand Film Commission
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.
