Not a very comfortable story but a very common one. When everything is wrong in a person's life there seems to be a cycle of continuance... no getting out, people who judge wrongly and finally, the 'I told you so's' when that person's back is pushed against the wall.
Bunny King and 'justice'... hmmm... a system that doesn't really look deeply into human stories but likes to get a job done and a lot of people suffering from the disease of standing on their moral high ground just 'doing their job'.
Bunny King is a mother. And she truly adores her children and wants the world for them. A woman who appears to have gone into the justice system for doing what a proper mother does - protecting her child from damaging violence, only to become the outcast by doing so.
Once the spiral of 'no job, no home, no proper income' sets in, the system makes darn sure you stay there. Sadly, behind her incredible bravery and optimism, Bunny pushes on but begins to make major errors, as most people would when desperation sets in, and she begins to get in her own way, sabotaging what works and hoping to believe in those who are weak and pushing her boundaries with those who are kind.
New Zealand film makers are quite exceptional. I have only seen one pretty ordinary NZ film and the rest were exceptional, whether comedy or drama. They seem to know how to subtly expose the guts of a human life without shoving anything in your face and therefore giving you a real story to follow and to see unwind, and the opportunity to identify with human situations realistically. An uncomfortable but highly watchable gem.
Bunny King and 'justice'... hmmm... a system that doesn't really look deeply into human stories but likes to get a job done and a lot of people suffering from the disease of standing on their moral high ground just 'doing their job'.
Bunny King is a mother. And she truly adores her children and wants the world for them. A woman who appears to have gone into the justice system for doing what a proper mother does - protecting her child from damaging violence, only to become the outcast by doing so.
Once the spiral of 'no job, no home, no proper income' sets in, the system makes darn sure you stay there. Sadly, behind her incredible bravery and optimism, Bunny pushes on but begins to make major errors, as most people would when desperation sets in, and she begins to get in her own way, sabotaging what works and hoping to believe in those who are weak and pushing her boundaries with those who are kind.
New Zealand film makers are quite exceptional. I have only seen one pretty ordinary NZ film and the rest were exceptional, whether comedy or drama. They seem to know how to subtly expose the guts of a human life without shoving anything in your face and therefore giving you a real story to follow and to see unwind, and the opportunity to identify with human situations realistically. An uncomfortable but highly watchable gem.