The Surfer (2025)
Een man, die na jaren in de Verenigde Staten te hebben gewoond, keert terug naar zijn geboortedorp aan de Australische kust om zijn ouderlijk huis terug te kopen. Samen met zijn zoon wil hij er surfen, maar eenmaal op het strand aangekomen blijkt er een nieuwe regel te gelden: You don’t live here, you don’t surf here. Hier komt hij in conflict met een groep agressieve, lokale surfers. Wat begint als een onschuldige situatie, loopt volledig uit de hand. In het bijzijn van zijn zoon wordt hij vernederd en geïntimideerd waarna de situatie steeds gewelddadiger wordt. De lokale surfscene blijkt onder leiding van de meedogenloze Scally te zijn veranderd in een gewelddadige sekte, waar toxische mannelijkheid en brute ontgroeningsrituelen de norm zijn. Terwijl de strijd escaleert, raakt de man (Nicolas Cage) verstrikt in een psychologisch kat-en-muisspel waarin zijn grip op de realiteit steeds verder vervaagt.
Regiseur: Lorcan Finnegan
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Nicolas Cage as The Surfer |
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Julian McMahon as Scally |
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Justin Rosniak as Cop |
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Alexander Bertrand as Pitbull |
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Rahel Romahn as Conlon |
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Nicholas Cassim as The Bum |
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Finn Little as The Kid |
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Charlotte Maggi as Jenny |
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Nina Young as The Dog Walker |
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James Bingham as Runt 1 |
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Miranda Tapsell as The Photographer |
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Radek Jonak as Mr. Suit |
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Rory O'Keeffe as Blondie |
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Talon Hopper as Runt 3 |
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Sally Clune as Blondie's Wife |
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Gautier de Fontaine as French Surfer |
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Jake Fryer-Hornsby as Fanta |
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Adam Leeuwenhart as Bambi |
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Dean McAskil as Work Colleague |
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Tobiasz Rodney as Curly's Husband |
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Adam Sollis as The Barista |
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Oliver Webb as Drug Dealer |
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Daniel Williamson as Mousey |
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Austen Wilmot as Runt 2 |
| Production | Brunella Cocchiglia | Producer |
| Production | Robert Connolly | Producer |
| Production | Ford Corbett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jatin Desai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leonora Darby | Producer |
| Production | James Grandison | Producer |
| Production | Mark Fasano | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lorcan Finnegan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Friedman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Samuel Hall | Executive Producer |
| Production | James Harris | Producer |
| Production | Nathan Klingher | Producer |
| Production | Mark Lane | Producer |
| Production | Apur Parikh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Patterson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael J. Rothstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ryan Winterstern | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jane Norris | Casting |
| Art | Emma Fletcher | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lien See Leong | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Anderson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellie Daniel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brydie Stone | Hair Designer |
| Sound | Alexander Blocher | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Aza Hand | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Jordan Le Goueff | Fight Choreographer |
| Crew | Daniel Nelson | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Nicholas Roccisano | Stunt Driver |
| Camera | Josh Hamill | Grip |
| Camera | David Dare Parker | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danielle Chilton | Costume Standby |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelly Fregon | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alex Locke | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yolanda Peart-Smith | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Stephen Patrick Allen | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Tony Cranstoun | Editor |
| Editing | Conor Spelman | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Stephen L. Jones | Location Manager |
| Directing | Amy Barclay | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Harrison Gerhardy | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Jason Groarke | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Xavier Irvine | Storyboard Artist |
| Sound | Ben Cowman | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Caoimhe Doyle | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Aron Dyer | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Ciara Mahon | Foley Recording Engineer |
| Sound | Fiadhnait McCann | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Jean McGrath | Foley Recording Engineer |
| Sound | Emer O'Reilly | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jesus Rodriguez | ADR Recordist |
| Directing | Lorcan Finnegan | Director |
| Writing | Thomas Martin | Writer |
| Camera | Radek Ładczuk | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Aza Hand | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | François Tétaz | Original Music Composer |