Juniper Official Trailer

Sam (17) has been on a selfdestructive spiral that could lead to his death. He returns home from boarding school to find his wheelchairbound English grandmother, Ruth has moved in. Ruth is an exwar photographer with a lust for life and a love of the bottle. Sam soon finds himself profoundly confronted by her alcoholic wit and chutzpah. Their first meeting is awkward; their second violent. Things get worse when Sam finds himself stranded alone with her and her nurse Sarah for the school holidays. Both strongwilled characters, a battle of supremacy ensues, enabling Sam to embrace life again and for Ruth to face her mortality. Starring: CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, MÁRTON CSÓKÁS, GEORGE FERRIER AND EDITH POOR. In NZ cinemas August 26.