Kairos

DIRECTOR

Paul Barakat

RUN TIME

89 Minutes

LANGUAGE

English

YEAR

2019

Country

Australia

English Subtitles

No

Genre

Drama, Feature

Cast

Chris Bunton, Jerome Pride, Deborah Jones

Classification

Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult

Synopsis

Kairos, taken from the ancient Greek word meaning ‘the supreme moment’, follows Danny, an aspiring boxer with Down syndrome, whose dreams of stepping into the ring are challenged after a violent mishap with his trainer John. During the emotional and psychological fallout from the incident, Danny turns inward and begins to question the very nature of his identity.

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