Geoff Crome believes in miracles. He sees them every day on the beach where he lives in this last perfect summer of his childhood. Despite his father's warnings, Geoff becomes friends with Firpo - a strange, skinny, magical character with a burning ambition to win the Olympic Games. When Firpo accepts an impossible challenge to run a race on the beach, Geoff tries everything to help him win - body building, weights, diet, even prayer. But Firpo scorns them all, convinced he will win with a miracle all his own. Geoff so much wants to believe in Firpo's miracle that he sets himself against his whole world - his family, his community and finally, against the innocent dreams of his childhood.
NZ Film Awards 1993
Best Film
Best Director
Best Performance (Male)
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Film Score
Best Contribution to Design
Best Production Design
Young Artist Awards 1993 (USA)
Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film
Outstanding Foreign Film

Directors

Ian Mune

Producers

Ian Mune
Christina Milligan

Screenplay Writers

Ian Mune
Bruce Mason

Executive Producers

Don Reynolds

Cast

Stephen Fulford
Geoff Crome
Stephen Papps
Firpo
Paul Gittins
Dad
Gabrielle Hammond
Mum

Production Company


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