Scarfies

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
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In Scarfies, five Dunedin students find themselves in a free squat - and a dark place - after taking a criminal captive in their basement. The debut feature from Robert Sarkies starts as a comic tribute to Otago student...

New Zealand Production

Feature 1999 Thriller, Comedy 90.00 minutes

Six students discover crime should be left to criminals. A guide to student life: SCARFIES/; scarf-ees/ n. - local slang for students at Otago University. Dunedin - Southernmost University in the world. DUNEDIN/; dunnee-din/ n. - University town in New Zealand. Home of the guitar-based 'Dunedin sound', the legendary Otago rugby team and 16,000 scarfies. SQUAT/; skwat/ n&v. - An abandoned house coveted by the financially challenged (ie. poor scarfies). Attractions: Free rent; free power; freedom. MARIJUANA/; marawana/n. - An illicit substance found growing in the basement of a certain Dunedin squat. DEAL/; de-el/n. - An illegal way to make money from above substance. CHAOS/; K-os/n. - What happens when five cash-strapped scarfies become amateur drug lords for a week. LESSON/; less-on/n - That crime should be left to criminals.