The changeover.
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FilmPublisher number: VF1655 | Vendetta FilmsDistributor: New Zealand : Distributed in Australia by Vendetta Films, ©2018Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 DVD-video (90 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscUniform titles: Changeover (Motion picture : 2017) Subject(s): Mahy, Margaret -- Film adaptations | Brothers and sisters -- Drama | Friendship -- Drama | Witches -- Drama | Supernatural -- Drama | Good and evil -- Drama | Feature films -- New Zealand | Motion pictures, New Zealand | Christchurch (N.Z) -- DramaGenre/Form: Science ficition films. | Romance films. | Fantasy films. | Film adaptations. | Feature films. | Fiction films. DDC classification: 791.4372 Production credits: Directors, Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie; screenwriter, Stuart McKenzie.Cast: Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, Benji Purchase.Summary: In post-earthquake Christchurch, teenager Laura Chant cares for her younger brother Jacko while their mum is at work. After school one day Laura loses Jacko, only to find him playing in a pop-up shop filled with strange toys. The creepy old shop-owner, Carmody Braque, gives Jacko a stamp on his hand and sends them on their way. But Jacko suddenly begins to get sick and Laura realises there's more to Braque, and the stamp, than she had first realised. Fearing that something supernatural is at work and desperate to save her little brother, Laura seeks help from Sorensen Carlisle, a prefect at her school to whom she is mysteriously drawn. Laura discovers that Sorensen is from a family of witches. Sorensen's mum reveals the only way Laura can save Jacko is to 'change over' to become a witch and defeat the evil ancient spirit Braque.
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Vendetta Films: VF1655.
Originally produced in New Zealand and released as a motion picture in 2017.
Based on the fantasy novel, 'The changeover: a supernatural romance' by New Zealand author Margaret Mahy.
Includes interviews with cast and crew.
Directors, Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie; screenwriter, Stuart McKenzie.
Censorship classification: M.
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, PAL, all regions, anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1.
English dialogue.
In post-earthquake Christchurch, teenager Laura Chant cares for her younger brother Jacko while their mum is at work. After school one day Laura loses Jacko, only to find him playing in a pop-up shop filled with strange toys. The creepy old shop-owner, Carmody Braque, gives Jacko a stamp on his hand and sends them on their way. But Jacko suddenly begins to get sick and Laura realises there's more to Braque, and the stamp, than she had first realised. Fearing that something supernatural is at work and desperate to save her little brother, Laura seeks help from Sorensen Carlisle, a prefect at her school to whom she is mysteriously drawn. Laura discovers that Sorensen is from a family of witches. Sorensen's mum reveals the only way Laura can save Jacko is to 'change over' to become a witch and defeat the evil ancient spirit Braque.
Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, Benji Purchase.
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