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Day Trip

2010 · 11 min

A quiet, humane short that follows an outsider into unfamiliar gentleness, leaving you with a soft ache of possibility.

Directed by
Zoe McIntosh
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tuhoe Issac, Rajeev Mishra, Nick Campbell
Tagline
A lot can change in a day.
Overview
A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. Inspired by a newspaper advertisement he impulsively decides to take a short ferry trip between islands. With his tattooed face, black leather clothing, and prominent gang patch, the gangster is a fish out of water when he arrives in the idyllic small port town of Picton. The experience he has there will change his outlook on life forever.

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Directed by
Zoe McIntosh
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tuhoe Issac, Rajeev Mishra, Nick Campbell
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • redemption
  • freedom
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Zoe McIntosh
Written by
Costa Botes
Starring
Tuhoe Issac, Rajeev Mishra, Nick Campbell, Bobby Prowse, Ken Blackburn, Ku Tirikatene, Erina Daniels
Runtime
11 min
Country
New Zealand

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