A young boy in 14th century Cumbria (north of England) keeps getting visions he cannot explain. His village has so far been spared from the black death, but the villagers fear its imminent arrival. With the boy as their guide, a group set out to dig a hole to the other side of the world, so as to fulfil the visions and save the village. At the ‘other side’ is 20th century New Zealand. –IMDb
Vincent Ward is a gypsy filmmaker living between New Zealand and Australia. His two passions are film and painting. In his many other incarnations he has worked as an actor in LA, a screenwriter and has put out several books.
His film work has seen recognition at both the Academy Awards and the Cannes Film Festival.
The Boston Globe has named him “one of the world’s great image-makers” and a book of his images will be released in 2011 along with exhibitions of his paintings.
Filmography
Vincent Ward’s films have achieved a wide, eclectic audience whilst earning critical acclaim and festival attention.
His latest feature film Rain of the Children (2008) was picked by the audience, from 250 feature films, to win the Grand Prix at Poland’s largest film festival. The film was also nominated for best director in New Zealand and Australia.
What Dreams May Come won an Oscar and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards. The River Queen (2005) won the Golden… read more
people like to call films by miike or jodorowsky 'odd', but i found this far more strange. everything about it, from the performances to the concept to the awful title. all in all, a decent movie, but for such a unique film it leaves very little impression. sort of like the seventh seal taking a wrong turn on a TV budget.
I really was expecting something else from this movie but it was quite dissapointing . The plot idea is interesting but then the story, characters and actors are not, at all. The visual style is interesting but not specially inventive and it certainly does not hold up the film as a whole. It's like a bad and boring version of Time Bandits.
Nice, medieval, black & white beginning. Awsome, black & white, medieval, beautiful last 10 minutes. Good, mystical, colorful, contemporary middle. Weird ensemble. A must see I guess for weird-thing-addict cinephilac !
Just a quickie. Now here’s an oddity i’ve not seen for years but which i enjoyed and whose central idea has fascinated and stayed with me. In the first section we’re in Plague-stricken medieval England… read review
