Scarfies (or Crime 101 in the US release) is a low-budget 1999 New Zealand film set in the southern university city of Dunedin. The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in support of the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Scarfies starts off as a light comedy centred on a group of five students who get together after moving into a flat that is seemingly abandoned, but still has the power on, making for free if filthy accommodation.
The film twists into something darker part way through, with elements of both black comedy and thriller. The discovery of a large crop of marijuana being grown in the basement leads firstly to euphoria, then paranoia and arguments amongst the flatmates about what will happen when the real owners come back to collect it. When Kevin, the crop's owner appears, the students, fearing for their lives, lock him in the basement. Events unfold against a backdrop of the city's biggest sporting event for years, the final of New Zealand's national rugby championship.
Despite the deliberate use of shots focusing on the city's dowdier and darker elements, much of the film's photography and soundtrack is an homage to the city, including the use of several Dunedin Sound songs in the soundtrack (top local band The Clean even make a cameo appearance during the film).
The film was well-received, described as "...the most outlandishly entertaining New Zealand film for years...", and did well at the box-office.
Synopsis
Emma, jeune étudiante de l'université d'Otaga, tombe sur une annonce concernant un logement gratuit. Plutôt fauchée, elle n'hésite pas une seconde à y répondre, et fait la connaissance de Scott, qui a découvert une grande maison abandonnée. Ils sont bientôt rejoints par trois autres étudiants, Nicole, Alex et Graham, et le petit groupe s'installe dans le squat. En visitant la maison, ils découvrent dans la cave un véritable trésor, qu'ils s'empressent de revendre. Ils se font ainsi beaucoup d'argent, qu'ils dépensent aussitôt. C'est alors que le propriétaire des lieux refait surface, bien décidé à reprendre son dû et leur faisant regretter leur insouciance.
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