When Love Comes

1998 FEATURE FILM

It can take a long time to work out what you want, and even who you are.

WHEN LOVE COMES is set against a vibrant, urban lifestyle, where creative energy runs rampant and illicit substances fuel the artistic juices, where sex is always available, but love is elusive.
Katie knows. She's been there. It was the end of the '70s: She was a sharp little chick in hotpants, with guest spots on "The Love Boat" and No. 1 in the US for a week! Today she's still got that voice and her fabulous looks; oozing sensuality and an acquired air of sophistication. But it's a fragile façade, she knows it's not going to last. She needs to reinvent herself. It's time to go home, revisit her roots.
Stephen's always handy when you need a reality check - you can't bullshit your best mates.
He's her 'lodestar', the only person she allows herself to lean on. They've rescued each other in the past, perhaps they can save themselves once more. Stephen can't wait for her to arrive.
He's been playing all her old hits, much to the bemusement of his younger friend Mark, a hip songwriter with heaps of potential. But while Mark's interest has been piqued by this starlet from Stephen's past, he's busy hanging out with some other musicians right now.
Fig and Sally are a band and they're going places. Sally's a hot guitarist burning with ambition. She'll do anything to get to the top. And Fig's a drummer, so she's cool with anything. Hilariously direct, she's happy as long as there's a beer in the 'fridge, film in her camera and someone to shock.
Honest. Poetic. Twisted. As these characters combine their talents, their desires are realised WHEN LOVE COMES.

Directed by Garth Maxwell.
Starring Rena Owen, Dean O'Gorman, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning, Sophia Hawthorne And Simon Westaway.
Director of photography: Darryl Ward.
Editor: Cushla Dillon.
Music director: Angus Mcnaughton.
Written by Garth Maxwell, Rex Pilgrim and Peter Wells.
Producers: Michele Fantl and Jonathan Dowling for MF Films in association with the New Zealand Film Commission.

Official Selection:
1998 Toronto International Film Festival
1998 Asia Pacific Film Festival
1999 Sundance International Film Festival
Theatrical release USA; UK; Canada and NZ.
Blockbuster video release in USA. DVD release 2001 in USA.

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