Artist, Film Maker & Enfant Terrible
Fleur's Secret
Fleur's Secret is set in a small farming community on the North Island of New Zealand. Helen flees her drunkard husband in Sydney, taking her daughter, Fleur, to stay with her on Grandpa's farm. 13 year old Fleur is blackmailed, while there, for a dreadful lie that she told. This film deals with the problems that alcohol can cause a family.
This fourth feature (1½ hrs) Fleur's Secret has been released to international film festivals, Jan. '19.
Rose Goldthorp wrote this screenplay at 16 years old, and did 3 revisions at 17 (working with a script consultant). Rose then 'PM'ed, directed, and edited Fleur's Secret at 19 years old.
2019: 2 sets of laurels have been awarded at international film festivals for Fleur's Secret.