
“The story of a father's desperate struggle to reunite his estranged family during the course of an afternoon...”
Told in real time and shot as a single take, BOXING DAY documents the minute by minute events across the course of an afternoon in the life of Chris Sykes - a recovering alcoholic and estranged father. Living alone on home detention, Chris is preparing Christmas lunch for his family when an old friend turns up at his doorstep and reveals a disturbing truth. When his daughter, his wife and her new boyfriend finally arrive, the situation slowly and inevitability escalates and we are drawn into the compelling story of a desperate father who finally exposes the dark and disturbing secret that has torn his family apart.
Release Date: 11/22/2007
Runtime: 81 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Kriv Stenders
00Companies: Rising Sun Pictures, Smoking Gun Productions, The Adelaide Film Festival
Countries: Australia
Stuart Clark
Owen