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THE UGLY

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Year
1997
Reference
F38891
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1997
Reference
F38891
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Feature
Duration
1:30:00
Production company
Essential Productions Ltd
Credits
Cast: Paolo Rotondo
Cast: Rebecca Hobbs
Cast: Roy Ward
Writer: Scott Reynolds
Director: Scott Reynolds
Producer: Jonathan Dowling
Director of Photography: Simon Raby
Production Designer: Grant Major
Editor: Wayne Cook
Music: Victoria Kelly
Cast: Darien Takle
Funding: New Zealand Film Commission
Cast: Chris Graham
Cast: Paul Glover

“An interview with a serial killer.

“No pity. No remorse.

Simon is a killer. Unfit to stand trial. He has been locked away for five years, watched by the sinister Dr Marlowe.

“Enter Karen, an enthusiastic but formidably intelligent psychologist. She will interview Simon - who wants to prove that he is cured.

“He seems sane. Seemingly incapable of ferocious acts of violence.

“He tells her of a terrifying force within him, which drives him to destroy those around him. He says this force has gone.

“Festival/Awards: Cannes 1997 Drifting Clouds Film Festival-NZ 2001, Best Director (Stiges).” - New Zealand Film Commission; www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/the-ugly; 4/02/2014.