Film summarise: In My Father's Den

In My Father's Den

A kind of mystery story, was made into a feature film of the same name novel which written by Maurice Gee, a famous novelist in New Zealand. It was released in New Zealand in 2004.

This story happened in a small town of South Island. Paul, a battle weary war photographer, returned to his home town when his father dies. Paul read numerous different kinds of novel in his father’s den in which was a place like a small room, where Paul could share thoughts and secret with his father, Paul and his father had erotic relationship with Jeff.

To his surprise, he met a sixteen year old girl, Celia, she is a daughter of his first girlfriend, Jeff. Then Celia missed, who seems like his girl friend, or seems like his daughter. So Paul though that Jeff’s partner is suspected person. But the police suspected Paul to murder Celia and investigated him.

Finally, Paul found that Celia actually was murdered by his younger brother. Because he hated Celia and her mother, Jeff. They caused his mother died and spoiled his life. He loved his mother so much. He also thought Celia maybe is his father’s daughter.

Actually at end of the film, we do not know their relations very clearly