EXT. SUBURBAN STREET — DUSKYoung woman crouches on the side of a quiet, semi-rural street, waiting. Light rain; it is a humid night in Auckland. Dark clouds hover overhead.Beat-up Honda pulls up, driven by another young woman. The waiting girl runs to the car, dropping a bag on the back seat.The car pulls out and they drive, the sun lowering on the horizon. City lights begin to appear around them.…EXT. CITY CAR PARK ROOF — NIGHTHonda waiting alone in car park.Two young women appear at the top of the stairs, and walk towards the car. Sky black-blue, moon hangs low above the horizon.The car doors slam. Silence falls.Girls stare ahead.The car starts and descends the levels of the carpark, leaving the city.They drive, just breaking dawn follows behind them.
EXT. SUBURBAN STREET — DUSK
Young woman crouches on the side of a quiet, semi-rural street, waiting. Light rain; it is a humid night in Auckland. Dark clouds hover overhead.
Beat-up Honda pulls up, driven by another young woman. The waiting girl runs to the car, dropping a bag on the back seat.
The car pulls out and they drive, the sun lowering on the horizon. City lights begin to appear around them.
…
EXT. CITY CAR PARK ROOF — NIGHT
Honda waiting alone in car park.
Two young women appear at the top of the stairs, and walk towards the car. Sky black-blue, moon hangs low above the horizon.
The car doors slam. Silence falls.
Girls stare ahead.
The car starts and descends the levels of the carpark, leaving the city.
They drive, just breaking dawn follows behind them.
Director/Writer/Editor: Obadiah Pinky Russon
Producer: Eleanor Woodhouse
Sound/Score: Jordan Whitley, Cay Works
Performers: Meg Porteous, Beth Clemens
Commissioned for Wild Wild Life by Auckland Council in association with CIRCUIT, presented by Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival.
Shot in an abandoned building in central Auckland known as Pigeon Palace, this film is a failed attempt at escape and transcendence.
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