Rain (2001)
Directed by Christine Jeffs
Janey is on vacation with her family at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Her parents, Ed and Kate, are on the verge of divorce and sit around drinking whiskey all day, while Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye.
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What critics compared Rain to
Aided by Sue Brooks's statuesque direction, Ian Baker's stately photography (constantly hinting at unseen worlds beneath the surface) and a melancholy soundtrack, Japanese Story emerges as a strangely affecting affair, occasion- ally reminiscent of Christine Jeffs's Antipodean weirdie Rain in its emotional shifts, and a world away from the pre-packaged predictability of most mainstream Hollywood fare.