Home by Christmas

Home by Christmas

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Woman Director

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  • Genre(s): Drama, War
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Gaylene Preston
  • Cast(s): Martin Henderson, Jed Brophy, Tony Barry, Nick Blake, Byron Coll See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 33min
  • Award(s): Film 2010 (Won)
    Asia Pacific Screen 2010 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Snow White, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
  • Story:
    A remarkable memoir of resilience, determination and love.Based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences, reconstructed with actor Tony Barry as Ed Preston. Weaving strands of poetic imagined drama, and archival footage into the interview, Preston presents both sides of her parents' wartime marriage: the horror and hardship of battlefield and prison camp juxtaposed with the loneliness and grief of a young wife struggling with a newborn baby and a husband declared missing.Ed Preston, on his way home from rugby practice in 1940, joins the New Zealand Army to go to World War II. His new wife, Tui, is pregnant and distraught, but he tells her not to worry, he'll be home by Christmas. And so he is - four years later - after escaping from a prison camp in Italy. But while Ed is away, Tui has fallen in love with another man.
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STORY

Story
A remarkable memoir of resilience, determination and love.Based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences, reconstructed with actor Tony Barry as Ed Preston. Weaving strands of poetic imagined drama, and archival footage into the interview, Preston presents both sides of her parents' wartime marriage: the horror and hardship of battlefield and prison camp juxtaposed with the loneliness and grief of a young wife struggling with a newborn baby and a husband declared missing.Ed Preston, on his way home from rugby practice in 1940, joins the New Zealand Army to go to World War II. His new wife, Tui, is pregnant and distraught, but he tells her not to worry, he'll be home by Christmas. And so he is - four years later - after escaping from a prison camp in Italy. But while Ed is away, Tui has fallen in love with another man.

AWARDS

Won
Film Award

Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film | 2010 | Tony

Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Award

Best Performance by an Actor | 2010 | Tony

Film Award

Best Feature Film | 2010

Best Director in a Film Feature | 2010 | Gaylene

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film | 2010 | Tina

Best MakeUp Design in a Feature Film | 2010