
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.
Release Date: 7/21/1988
Runtime: 101 minutes
Languages: English, Maori
Director: Merata Mita
00Companies: Awatea Films, Radio Hauraki, Hauraki Film Enterprises, New Zealand Film Commission
Countries: New Zealand
Geoff Murphy
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