Watch: Daffodils Q&A with Writer Rochelle Bright

Writer Rochelle Bright discusses Kiwi musical Daffodils and the process of adapting her critically acclaimed stage play for the screen. Here’s a snippet from the Q&A. On finding whose story it was:

“I think what makes the script a little bit different is it’s completely structured by the songs, and so the songs kind of force the storytelling and whose role it is quite a bit. But we had so many discussions throughout where we’d go back and forward between Eric and Rose.” – Rochelle Bright

Directed by David Stubbs and produced by Richard Fletcher, Daffodils is a bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs, including tracks by Crowded House, LIPS, Bic Runga, and Dave Dobbyn.

Leaving her dying father’s bedside, singer Maisie rushes to perform at an indie music gig in town. But as she sings the opening song, it’s hard for her to ignore the heartfelt story she’s just been told – the story of how her dad met and fell in love with her mother, and how it all devastatingly fell apart.

This event was part of the Film Talk Series, presented by DEGNZ and Rialto Cinemas in Auckland.

Last updated on 20 March 2020