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Mauri (1988)

Mauri (1988)

Drama
Release Date: 1988, July 21
Directors: Merata Mita
Countries: New Zealand
Production: Awatea Films, Awatea Films, Radio Hauraki, Radio Hauraki, Hauraki Film Enterprises, Hauraki Film Enterprises, New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand Film Commission
Cast: Temuera Morrison, Don Selwyn, Eva Rickard, Anzac Wallace, Willie Raana, Susan D. Ramari Paul, Sonny Waru, Rangimarie Delamere

Overview:

Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.

Keywords:

woman director love triangle on the run small town car crash impostor bigotry elderly lady maori