Boxing Day

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.

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Release Date

Nov 22, 2007

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Kriv Stenders

Country

Australia

Company

Rising Sun Pictures, Smoking Gun Productions, The Adelaide Film Festival