Life is more than just sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll in this gritty comic melodrama set in the New Zealand music industry. Drummer Fig (Nancy Brunning) and singer Sally (Sophia Hawthorne) are lovers and aspiring pop stars trying to jump-start their music careers. The girls seek help from a former pop diva named Katie Keane (Rena Owen), a one-time chart-topper who has returned home to recover from a downward spiral. They are also aided by their irresistibly cute but emotionally strung out songwriter, Mark (Dean O'Gorman), and Stephen (Simon Prast) Mark's frustrated boyfriend, who is Katie's best friend.
When Love Comes features some catchy pop songs amid the turmoil of Mark and Steven's tempestuous relationship, but the film's greatest attraction is Owen's outstanding performance as the washed up Keane. This funky, life-affirming film proves that there is nothing like true romance and the love of some good friends to cure the blues during a chaotic summer. Gay director Garth Maxwell (Jack be Nimble and the short "Beyond Gravity") packs an emotional wallop with this penetrating look at gay, lesbian and straight relationships.
When Love Comes features some catchy pop songs amid the turmoil of Mark and Steven's tempestuous relationship, but the film's greatest attraction is Owen's outstanding performance as the washed up Keane. This funky, life-affirming film proves that there is nothing like true romance and the love of some good friends to cure the blues during a chaotic summer. Gay director Garth Maxwell (Jack be Nimble and the short "Beyond Gravity") packs an emotional wallop with this penetrating look at gay, lesbian and straight relationships.
