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Boxing Day (2007)

Boxing Day (2007)

The story of a father's desperate struggle to reunite his estranged family during the course of an afternoon...

Release Date: 2007, November 22
Directors: Kriv Stenders
Countries: Australia
Cast: Richard Green, Tammy Anderson, Syd Brisbane, Catriona Hadden

Overview:

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.