Scenes in My Head

In this New Zealand drama set at Lake Tarawera, Chris brings his girlfriend Lucy over to a lakeside house for the weekend to help console his soon-to-be-dumped mate Hadley. But Hadley’s break-up cure is just to cut loose, and he’s come well prepared for that.

“Hadley is in the throes of a breakup. Chris has joined him at his parents’ well-appointed lakeside house, bringing along girlfriend Lucy to provide moral support. But all Hadley wants to do is party, and he’s come very well provisioned. When Lucy gets delightedly trashed on night one, the drug-averse Chris begins to have second thoughts. Hadley’s determination to (a) stay high and (b) provide water skiing lessons on the freezing lake sends Chris’ ill-concealed need for control into further convolutions.” (New Zealand Film Festival)

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