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A recently widowed father, quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a top selling Sydney newspaper. Over the internet he buys a house on an impulse in a remote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum, and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.

Sun-drenched New Zealand coastlines provide a bittersweet backdrop for this quiet meditation on grief and sudden reinvention. While the impulse to flee offers a temporary escape, the true friction lies in a father trying to rebuild a fractured family one sentence at a time.