Went Up the Hill
Synopsis
With his arresting second feature, the promise shown by Sydney-based New Zealand filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven in his SFF 2019 audience award-winner Sequin in a Blue Room is fully realised. Jack (Montgomery) has arrived at a distinctly unwelcoming manse for the funeral of Elizabeth, the artist mother he barely knew. An unnerving atmosphere hovers in Elizabeth’s cavernous and isolated house as Jack attempts to connect with Jill (Krieps), his mother’s fragile widow. Riveting gothic psychodrama follows when Elizabeth’s restless spirit begins to inhabit the minds and control the bodies of both Jack and Jill, with Van Grinsven’s expert tonal control matched by the bravura performances of Krieps and Montgomery.
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Samuel Van Grinsven is an Australian/New Zealand writer and director. He completed a Master of Directing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and was the first master's student to graduate with a feature film - Sequin in a Blue Room. The film premiered at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for Best Feature. The film was nominated for an Australian Academy Award, Australian Directors Guild Award and German Independence Award. His previous short films have been selected for international and domestic film festivals.
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