Taro planter Lui's grief for his dead wife has infected his whole life. A chance meeting with a stranger, a widow bound in anger to the grave of her husband now drowning in their cyclone devastated village, inspires Lui to reach out to her. This releases him from his own pain and allows his wife to rest.
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Malae Lialiai
Lui
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Lena Rivers
Malia
Also in
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Tusi Tamasese
Catherine Fitzgerald
Solia Tolai
Villager
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Nathaniel Lees
Known for
Sweet Tooth
30 Days of Night
Toetu Manesa
Villager
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Onosai
Villager
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Peni Tiaseu
Villager
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Esera Tiaseu
Villager
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Tusi Tamasese Director · Annie Collins Editor Kirsty Cameron Costume designer
First release September 10, 2009 · Produced in Samoa, New Zealand · Original title Va Tapuia
Production
Blueskin Films
Production
Samoa · New Zealand
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Languages
Original title
Va Tapuia
Original language
Samoan
Spoken on screen
Samoan
Release dates
Samoa · September 10, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
New Zealand
July 22, 2010 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
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