Do you want to see the unseen? Dutch (Benedict Wall) may look like just another defeated and washed-up loser, but behind his pissed-off exterior lurks a hyperdimensional being of exceptional promise. His wife left him, his career as a tennis coach is floundering, and he would give anything to find the driver of the silver Toyota Corolla who hit him and drove off a year ago–the event that initiated Dutch’s downward spiral. Enter Lyra (Florence Noble), a witchy disciplinarian who offers to help Dutch unleash his latent psychic powers and break free from the illusion of linear time. After a crash course in telelocation and astral projection, the unlikely psionic prodigy is ready for his quest of cosmic revenge, but Lyra has other plans: she needs Dutch’s help to find a mysterious crystal known as the Paragon before it falls into the hands of her evil brother Haxan (Jonny Brugh) and his mind slaves. Everything converges towards the singularity in Michael Duignan’s feature debut, a hilarious rift in space-time.
“The Paragon leans hard into its campy, irreverent tone at every turn, making for a charming and surprisingly sincere fantasy comedy.”
Serena Seghedoni
Loud and Clear Reviews
“A micro-budget fantasy comedy with low-key charm"
C.J. Prince
The Film Stage
Official Selection
Fantasia Film Festival 2024
Official Selection
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
“A joyous Kiwi midnight-movie oddity that channels '80s fantasy and DIY gumption in a cosmic quest for a hyper-dimensional crystal.”
Carmen Gray
The Film Verdict
“A surreal, faux 80s ode to the likes of John Carpenter and Terry Gilliam”
Jonny Mahon-Heap
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Benedict Wall and Florence Noble in THE PARAGON. Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing.
Florence Noble in THE PARAGON. Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing.
Florence Noble and Benedict Wall in THE PARAGON. Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing.
Jonny Brugh in THE PARAGON. Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing.
Benedict Wall in THE PARAGON. Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing.