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Leaving September 30 • 14m

Directed by Lucy Knox • 2020 • New Zealand
Starring Alison Bruce, Erana James, Simon Deighton

What should be a relaxing mother-daughter retreat to an idyllic New Zealand spa becomes a harrowing fight for survival in this nightmarish vision of a troubled parent-child relationship in extremis.

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