Completed - ENGLISH - Fantasy, Science-fiction, Comedy - 83 minutes
The victim of a hit and run learns how to be psychic so he can find the car that hit him and take revenge on the driver. A fantasy comedy, where revenge becomes a cosmic experience.
Year of production : 2023 Writer(s) : Michael DUIGNAN Cast : Benedict WALL, Florence NOBLE, Jonny BRUGH Producer(s) : Michael DUIGNAN (The Invisible College)
The Paragon is the story of DUTCH, a crippled and angry ex-tennis coach whose life has fallen apart since he was the victim of a hit-and-run a year ago. In a bid to find the driver and take revenge, Dutch embarks on a strange psychic training course designed to unlock his latent mind powers. Under the strict tutelage of a witchy disciplinarian named LYRA, Dutch reluctantly begins to expand his consciousness. But soon he learns that Lyra actually has a hidden agenda: she needs Dutch’s help to find a mysterious crystal known as THE PARAGON before her evil brother HAXAN and his mind slaves can control it. The two unlikely partners strike a deal; they will use their psychic ability to find what each other is looking for. But by the time Dutch comes face-to-face with the driver who hit him, he starts to see things from a different perspective. When the Paragon falls into the hands of Haxan, Dutch must decide between being a victim of his fate or a slave to cosmic evil.
Country(ies) : NEW ZEALAND
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New Zealand IFF 2023International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024 (Bright Future)