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Mauri(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-07-21
65%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Maori.
Countries:
New Zealand
ProductionCompanies: 
Awatea Films
Radio Hauraki
Hauraki Film Enterprises
Movie: Mauri
Top 10 Billed Cast
Anzac Wallace
Rewi Rapana
Geoff Murphy
Mr Semmens
Temuera Morrison
Young Cop
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Overview
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
1988-07-21
Average
6.5
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