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The Rehearsal

Directed by Alison Maclean [1]
New Zealand, 2016 (fiction, 102 minutes, colour, English / Maori)
The Rehearsal
Image: © Mongrel Media

Film Description:
"Stanley, a naive 1st year drama student meets Isolde and begins a sweet, first love affair. Goaded by Hannah, the charismatic, domineering Head of Acting, Stanley uncovers a talent and ambition he didn't know he had. When his group hits on a sex scandal that involves Isolde's tennis prodigy sister as fertile material for their end-of-year show, Stanley finds himeself profoundly torn. [...]"
-- Footprint Films (source)

Film Description:
"A young student at a drama school faces a moral conundrum when his budding romance becomes fodder for a final-year performance [...]. There may be no better place to set a film about truth, trust, and authenticity than a drama school. Adapted from the novel by Booker Prize-winning author Eleanor Catton, The Rehearsal provides us with a perfect petri dish in which to watch the vagaries of human nature grow and propagate. [...]"
-- Jane Schoettle (source)


Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Alison Maclean, Emily Perkins
Based on: The Rehearsal, a novel by Eleanor Catton
Produced by: Trevor Haysom, Bridget Ikin, Lance Acord, Sam Bisbee, Victor Carson, David Gross, Jackie Bisbee, John Maynard
Principal Cast: Michelle Ny, James Rolleston, Ella Edward, Erroll Shand, Rachel Roberts, Grace Augustine, Niwa Whatuira, Elliot Wrightson, Sadia Gordon, Evan Fenemor, Miranda Harcourt, Cohen Holloway, Alice Englert, Kieran Charnock, Jamie Curry, Scott Cotter, Samuel Goodger, Bryony Skillington, Ella Hope-Higginson, Adam Rohe, Luca Nicholas, Marlon Williams, Kerry Fox, Rachel House, Robyn Paterson, Mark Petersen, Melissa Stokes, Maisie, Andrey Sukomlinov, Jason Fitch, Tandi Wright, Sarah Nessia, Timmie Cameron, Maya Wyatt, Mark Ruka, Cecilia Fri Mueller, Anton Koukine, Stephen Lovatt, Celia Nicholson, Peter Tait, Michaela Rooney, Reuben Bowen
Cinematography: Andrew Commis
Film Editing: Jonathan Woodford-Robinson
Music: Connan Mockasin
Production Company: Hibiscus Films
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