Mauri
6.0
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.
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Cast
25 people
Anzac Wallace
Rewi Rapana
Known for
The Quiet Earth
Eva Rickard
Kara
Also in
Flight of the Albatross
Nicholas Beauman
Merata Mita
Also in
Utu
Kaleidoscope
Willie Raana
Willie Rapana
No other roles listed
Graeme Cowley
Susan D. Ramari Paul
Ramari
Also in
Loss of Heat
Hirini Melbourne
Geoff Murphy
Mr Semmens
Also in
Never Say Die
Utu
Susan D Ramari Paul
Ramari
Ralph Hotere
Sonny Waru
Hemi
Also in
The Makutu on Mrs Jones
Merata Mita Director · Nicholas Beauman Editor Ralph Hotere Production designer
Worldwide gross $2.6B · Budget $1M · First release July 21, 1988
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,633,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2,633.0×
Production
Awatea Films
Production
Radio Hauraki
Production
Hauraki Film Enterprises
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
New Zealand
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Māori
Release dates
New Zealand · July 21, 1988
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Wellington Film Festival)
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
August 31, 2019 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
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