Released 1994
Stars Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison
Directed by Peter Jackson

New Zealand was stunned in 1952 by a brutal murder carried out by two girls, ages 15 and 16. Tried and sentenced, the girls served five years in prison before being paroled on the condition that they never see each other again. The film would be remarkable anyway, but it comes with a footnote attached: one of the girls, Juliet Hulme, has recently been identified as Anne Perry, the best-selling British crime novelist. Watching her on the "Today" program, talking forthrightly about the events of 40 years ago, I got the impression of a sensible, thoughtful woman for whom the murder is as much an enigma as for everyone else.

Summary by Roger Ebert