The Weight of Elephants (2013)
Adrian is a classic outsider. His playful, dreamy imagination distracts him from everyday life, for the reality he lives in could not be more different. Neither his chronically depressed uncle nor his overworked grandmother understand the ten-year-old’s games. His mother abandoned him when he was very young and he is bullied at school. Just as news arrives that three children are missing, a new family moves in next door. Adrian develops a close relationship to their tomboyish, ten-year-old daughter Nicole and believes he is getting close to solving the mys- tery of the missing children. New Zealand forms the backdrop for this universal story for adults and those who have never wanted to grow up. It is a story about friendship and loneliness, emotions which Adrian already feels so poignantly as a child. The Danish first-time director’s expressive visual language dramatically merges water and air, reality and a hint of fantasy.
Director: Daniel Borgman
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Demos Murphy as Adrian |
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Matthew Sunderland as Uncle Rory |
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Catherine Wilkin as Grandmother |
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Angelina Cottrell as Nicole |
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Hannah Jones as Joely |
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Finn Holden as Clinton |
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Courtney Luskie as Horse Girl |
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Bree Peters as Miss Pryor |
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Jamaica Vaughan as Horse Girl |
| Directing | Daniel Borgman | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Borgman | Writer |
| Production | Leanne Saunders | Producer |
| Production | Katja Adomeit | Producer |
| Camera | Sophia Olsson | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kirsty Cameron | Production Design |
| Production | Stu Turner | Casting |
| Production | Louise Vesth | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kristian Eidnes Andersen | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Molly Malene Stensgaard | Editor |
| Production | Peter Aalbæk Jensen | Executive Producer |
