Trial Run

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
Price range: $

Trial Run is the first feature from Melanie Rodriga (nee Read), who wrote and directed the film.

New Zealand Production

Feature 1984 Thriller 90.00 minutes

When Rosemary Edmonds, 35, runner, aspiring photographer and married mother of two goes on a working holiday her lifestyle changes dramatically. She leaves the family and urban environment that have dominated her last sixteen years and moves ten miles out of town to an isolated coastal area. Bumps in the night and unpleasant occurrences by day leave Rosemary and her family wondering if it would be better for her to return home, but Rosemary decides to hold her ground and confront her tormentor... Increasingly fearsome events are parallelled by her intensive running training, until she is forced to run the fastest mile of her life.