In My Father's Den
2004 · 126 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 7,956 VOTES · DIR. Brad McGann
Overview
Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families (Otto, Moy), frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,053 lines
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00:00:27 One day, in a town at the edge of the world...
00:05:42 Paul come back home...
00:13:43 It's okay.
00:20:35 War zones have been both home and work for the last decade...
00:24:04 But I don't think it should be quite so obvious?
00:29:36 He died when my first child was five.
00:35:45 Can I come in?
00:39:46 ...who were killed a few hours later.
00:46:19 Don't be frightened of possibilities son.
00:55:18 No? Well, if she gets in touch with any of you...
00:58:49 Hey beautiful.
01:02:56 First class excitement.
01:07:48 It was strange because...
01:11:58 Jax, it's not what you think.
01:15:07 Just stay out of our lives, all right?
01:18:55 The board of trustees have called a meeting.
01:23:23 I'll need your passport and keys to your car.
01:27:54 ...and now it's me and you that are friends?
01:33:09 - Why are you doing this, Paul? - Doing what?
01:38:49 The den and everything.
01:44:49 I know you like her. It's all right.
01:48:43 Tell me.
01:57:46 ...that the horses would lead them to their ocean.
02:02:18 Bye Celia.