Boom Operator
명 촬영기사 멘지스의 감독 데뷰작으로, 남아공화국의 인종차별 문제를 다루었다. 반정부 활동으로 감옥에 간 엄마를 둔 10대 소녀의 눈을 통해, 인종차별에 대한 고발과 사회 운동으로 가족을 소홀히 한 경우에 자녀들이 겪는 정신적 고통이라는 양면을 추구한 작품으로, 실화를 소재로 했다. 특히 딸 역의 메이가 호연으로 일약 주목을 받았다.
Boom Operator
On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he commissions a sculpture of the Unknown Tourist for the town square; the sculptor he brings to Rhodes is Kate's ex-husband. Also there to see Kate is Sharp, an aging antiquarian and her dear friend. He has something important to tell her. As Kate, her ex, and Sharp sort out things that go back years, two English tourists bumble about, one thinking he's fallen in love with Kate, his wife thinking she's found her own lover. A rare vase, a spy, old friendships, the statue's unveiling, and off-hand English sorting-out play into the resolution.
