Justice of Bunny King, The

[Available Sept. 30 on various VOD platforms.] Terrific acting dominates Gaysorn Thavat's gripping, award-winning, poignant, gritty, down-to-earth, realistic, well-written, moving, 101-minute, 2021 film in which a hardworking, strong-willed, witty, homeless mother (Essie Davis), who washes windshields of passing vehicles in Auckland, New Zealand, tries desperately to make enough money to get her out from under the bureaucratic red tape and her two children (Amelie Baynes and Angus Stevens) out of foster care and into her own home while trying to protect and care for her feisty, runaway, teenage niece (Thomasin McKenzie) after being kicked off the couch of her sister (Toni Potter) and controlling brother-in-law (Errol Shand) but as struggles get more difficult, she finds herself continually breaking the law at every turn and digging herself into a bigger hole.
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