''Angel Mine'' is a 1978

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fantasy fiction film.

Synopsis

Angel Mine is advertised as a drug for automatically solving marital problems. A young

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middle class suburban couple become entangled in this surrealistic world switching between reality and fantasy while attempting to model their lives on media advertising in a world of

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Cast

* Derek Ward as The Man * Jennifer Redford as The Woman *

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as Nun * Michael Wilson

Reviews

* 1978

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"Caution: viewing may be damaging". * 1994

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New Zealand Supplement. * 2001 Festival/Awards: NZ Drifting Clouds Film Festival.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angel Mine 1978 films 1970s New Zealand films Films shot in New Zealand Films set in New Zealand Films directed by David Blyth