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Te Rua

19911h 45m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1991

Runtime

1h 45m

Storyline

"Success has its costs even when you are in the right"

A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Jul 20, 1991
Languages
English
Director
Barry Barclay
Barry Barclay
Production
Pacific Films
Pacific Films
Production Countries
New Zealand

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