The film's director Alison Maclean said of working on this picture: "It's thrilling to be working in New Zealand again, seeing it with fresh eyes. I'm just astounded by the calibre of the cast, and looking forward to bringing Eleanor's novel to life as a film."
The film was made and first released about eight years after its source novel of the same name written by writer Eleanor Catton had been first published in 2008.
First acting role of country singer Marlon Williams.
'Crush' (1992) was the last dramatic feature film shot in New Zealand by Kiwi director Alison Maclean until 'The Rehearsal' (2016) - an interval of around twenty-four years.
'The Rehearsal' (2008) was the debut novel of authoress Eleanor Catton.
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