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Constance

Falling in love again, never wanted to ...

6.0

1985•1h 44m

Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.

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Ziln on-line NZ Film Festival - Constance

Cast

Photo of Donogh Rees

Donogh Rees

Constance Elsworthy

Photo of Martin Vaughan

Martin Vaughan

Alexander Elsworthy

Photo of Shane Briant

Shane Briant

Simon Malyon

Photo of Jonathan Hardy

Jonathan Hardy

Randolf Grieve

Photo of Beryl Te Wiata

Beryl Te Wiata

Mrs. Mair

Photo of Mark Hadlow

Mark Hadlow

Errol's Friend

Photo of William Kircher

William Kircher

Police Officer

Photo of Michael Hurst

Michael Hurst

Photographer

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Constance is a primary school teacher in love with the movies and drawn increasingly into a fantasy world. Her dream is shattered, almost as soon as it begins to be realized, when she is raped by a famous Hollywood photographer. After this, she seems to return to reality, when she agrees to marry her boyfriend, however when she returns to acting out her fantasies, she ends up alienating everyone, including the boyfriend. With her parents dead, and deserted by friends, the police arrive at her house one night to check on a noisy party. Actually, there is no party - just Constance pretending to be the hostess of one.

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