
Channelling Baby
1999-11-18 · 88 min · ★ 6.5
Destined to be lovers, Bunnie and Geoff are wildly happy together in the 1970's, until something terrible happens to drive them apart. In the 1990's they are forced back together again when a strange young couple probe the mystery of what really happened between them. What is the truth?
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- Directors
- Christine Parker
- Production companies
- New Zealand Film Commission, Oceania Parker Ltd.
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Danielle CormackBunnie
Kevin SmithGeoff
Amber SainsburyCassandra
Joel TobeckTony
Ian HughesHippie #1
Aaron WardHippie #2
Bruce HopkinsEye Doctor
Noel ApplebyChaplain
Marise WipaniBirth Doctor
Donogh ReesBirth Nurse
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