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Landfall (1977)

Landfall poster
Directed by
Paul Maunder
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
New Zealand
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man's life is disrupted when a stranger arrives. The film follows the consequences of their interaction.

understatedrestrainedatmosphericintrospectivesubduedlow-keygrounded

What happens

Landfall is a 1975 New Zealand film directed by Paul Maunder. It was shown at the 1977 Wellington Film Festival. The film was made for television, but not broadcast because of its content, and was then formatted for cinema release. It was Sam Neill's film debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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