THE PARAGON

By Michael DUIGNAN

PATRA SPANOU FILM - as SALES All rights, World

Fantasy - Completed 2023

The victim of a hit and run learns how to be psychic so he can find the car that hit him and take revenge on the driver. A fantasy comedy, where revenge becomes a cosmic experience.

Festivals
& Awards

New Zealand IFF 2023
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
Bright Future
Future Gate Sci Fi FF 2024
Best Film
FIF Roche Sur Yon 2024
Variete MadMovie special mention
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Fantasy, Science-fiction, Comedy
    • Countries
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Michael DUIGNAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Michael DUIGNAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Michael DUIGNAN (The Invisible College)
    • Synopsis
    • The Paragon is the story of DUTCH, a crippled and angry ex-tennis coach whose life has fallen apart since he was the victim of a hit-and-run a year ago. In a bid to find the driver and take revenge, Dutch embarks on a strange psychic training course designed to unlock his latent mind powers. Under the strict tutelage of a witchy disciplinarian named LYRA, Dutch reluctantly begins to expand his consciousness. But soon he learns that Lyra actually has a hidden agenda: she needs Dutch’s help to find a mysterious crystal known as THE PARAGON before her evil brother HAXAN and his mind slaves can control it. The two unlikely partners strike a deal; they will use their psychic ability to find what each other is looking for. But by the time Dutch comes face-to-face with the driver who hit him, he starts to see things from a different perspective. When the Paragon falls into the hands of Haxan, Dutch must decide between being a victim of his fate or a slave to cosmic evil.