Boxing Day

Boxing Day (2007)

The story of a father's desperate struggle to reunite his estranged family during the course of an afternoon...

Told in real time and shot as a single take, BOXING DAY documents the minute by minute events across the course of an afternoon in the life of Chris Sykes - a recovering alcoholic and estranged father. Living alone on home detention, Chris is preparing Christmas lunch for his family when an old friend turns up at his doorstep and reveals a disturbing truth. When his daughter, his wife and her new boyfriend finally arrive, the situation slowly and inevitability escalates and we are drawn into the compelling story of a desperate father who finally exposes the dark and disturbing secret that has torn his family apart.

Date of release
2007-11-22
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kriv Stenders

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$2.6K

Boxing Day is a 2007 Australian drama film shot, co-written, and directed by Kriv Stenders. It is shot in semi-documentary style, showing 82 minutes in the life of an ex-convict and recovering alcoholic, played by Richard Green.

Production

Boxing Day was partly funded by the Adelaide Film Festival. It was based on stories provided by Indigenous actor Richard Green, that he had heard through three stints in jail. He and director Stenders collaborated for a year before shooting, but in the final shoot, the cast improvised much of the script. It was shot on digital video. Although it was intended to be one continuous shot in real time, 12 cuts were made.

Only one professional actor, Syd Brisbane, is used in the film, and much of the script is improvised. The 82 minutes are shot in 12 takes.

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