Rain (2001 film) 2487720 212388286 2008-05-14T17:05:23Z Easchiff 1847279 linked editor {{Infobox Film | name = Rain | image = Rainposter.jpg | caption = Theatrical Poster For ''Rain'' | writer = [[Christine Jeffs]] | starring = [[Marton Csokas]]<br>[[Aaron Murphy]]<br>[[Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki]]<br>[[Alistair Browning]] | director = [[Christine Jeffs]] | editing = [[Paul Maxwell (film editor)|Paul Maxwell]] | production_company = [[New Zealand Film Commission]] | released = [[2001]] ([[New Zealand]])<br>[[2002]] (USA) | language = English | }} :''For the 1932 film of the same name, see [[Rain (1932 film)]]''. '''''Rain''''' is a [[2001 in film|2001]] [[New Zealand Cinema|New Zealand made]] film directed by [[Christine Jeffs]]. A debut film by Jeffs, it was released in 2001 in [[New Zealand]] and an international release in [[2002]]. It concerns the coming of age of 13-year-old Janey, and is based on the novel Rain written by Kirsty Gunn. == Cast == {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Actor !! Role |- | [[Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki]] || Janey |- | [[Marton Csokas]] || Cady |- | [[Aaron Murphy]] || Jim |- | [[Alison Routledge]] || Heather |- | [[Sarah Peirse]] || Kate |- | [[Alistair Browning]] || Ed |- |} == Plot == Janey is on vacation with her brother Jim, mother Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Ed and Kate, who are on the verge of divorce, sit around in the back yard all day drinking whiskey and Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boatee who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wife's drinking problem and recurring infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, ignoring his children almost as much as his wife, which eventually leads to a character's fate. == See also == *[[Nymphet]] == External links == *{{imdb title|id=0287645|title=Rain}} *[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1111741-rain/ Review at RottenTomatoes.com] [[Category:New Zealand films]] [[Category:2001 films]] [[Category:Drama films]] [[Category:Films based on fiction books]] {{2000s-drama-film-stub}}