Orphans & Kingdoms

Jul 20, 2014

1h 24m

★ 6.0

Overview

In writer/director Paolo Rotondo’s debut feature, three teenagers on the run break into a deluxe Waiheke Island home and find themselves caught in a tense psychodrama with the conflicted owner.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Fish Entertainment

Orphans & Kingdoms Trailers

Cast

Jeremy

Colin Moy

Kenae

Calae Hignett-Morgan

Tibs

Hanelle Harris

Jesse

Jesse James Rehu Pickery

Scotty

Finn McLachlan

Wharf Security Guard

Jason Bock

Constable Mike Layton

Fraser Brown

Monica

Samantha Jukes

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