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The Lovely Bones

Name: The Lovely Bones
Released: 2009

2009

Murdered at fourteen, a girl watches from an in-between afterlife as her shattered family grieves and her killer walks free, torn between her longing for revenge and her wish for them to move on. Peter Jackson's haunting, surreal drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from New Zealand

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through New Zealand. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps New Zealand in the 196 country film challenge.