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Te Rua (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Barry Barclay

Written By:
Barry Barclay

Actors:
Donna Akersten ..... Fiona Gilbert
Anne Chamberlain ..... Reporter
Emilio De Marchi ..... Hamish MacMillan
Stuart Devenie ..... Hanna Lehmann
Maria Fitzi ..... Peter Huata
Nissie Herewini ..... Rewi
Peter Kaa ..... Dr. Sattler
Wi Kuki Kaa ..... Prof. Biederstedt
Walter Kreye ..... Himself
Günter Meisner
Dalvanius Prime
Vanessa Rare
Tilly Reedy

Synopsis:

Although the Maori have fared perhaps the best of all the indigenous peoples who have had their homeland overrun by Europeans, many of their ancient cultural artifacts were stolen in the early years of colonization and were shipped all over the world. In this story, an old Maori woman remembers the story of some carvings which were stolen in this fashion and is campaigning for them to be returned. At the same time, a Maori writer visiting Berlin feels something which makes him feels that his ancestors are present with him in the German city. He eventually tracks down the source of these feelings in the form of the carvings, which are being kept in a museum. The writer and his uncle, who is also in the city, band together with others to liberate the carvings and return these beacons for the ancestral spirits to their proper home.

Some carvings of ancestors, taken from a Maori settlement in 1880, show up in a Berlin museum. Peter (Peter Kaa), a performing poet, wants to take the carvings back to his people. With the help of Rewi (Wi Kuki Kaa), an international lawyer, he is assisted in his fight. Te Rua is a passionate film about a quest for spiritual guardianship. The narrative is a bit overloaded with charactors and events, but not enough clear detail, so that the point of many scenes is muddled or lost, but it does contain emotional power. Filmed in Berlin, Wellington, Cape Palliser and the Wairarapa coast. Worth a viewing.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 November, 2013.