The Price of Milk is a 2000 film from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It was directed by Harry Sinclair

Harry Sinclair

Harry Sinclair is a film director, writer, and actor. In his early career he was an actor and member of The Front Lawn, a musical theater duo. He went on to write and direct several short films, a TV series and three feature films.-Background:...

. This film is set in rural New Zealand where a farmer, Rob (Karl Urban

Karl Urban

Karl-Heinz Urban is a New Zealand actor.He is known for playing Éomer in the second and third installments of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the 2009 film Star Trek and Julius Caesar on Xena: Warrior Princess...

), gets engaged to his love, Lucinda (Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack is a stage and screen actress from New Zealand. She was one of the original core cast of the long-running soap opera Shortland Street, though she is also known for her role as the Amazon Ephiny in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, Cynthia Ross in The Cult, and Shota in...

). But Lucinda is worried about their relationship losing its spark and she continues pushing him to try and keep the spark alive. A string of quilt-nappings have been occurring around the town and when Lucinda finds hers, she is curious and reckless when she trades Rob's cows, worth NZ$400,000, to get it back. Rob is beyond words in his rage and loses his voice as he drives away, leaving Lucinda to worry for days before their planned wedding.

External links

• iofilm.co.uk – a review of The Price of Milk.