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Waru(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-10-19
69%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Overview:
Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.
Languages: English, Maori.
Countries:
New Zealand
ProductionCompanies:
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt
Movie: Waru
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tanea Heke
Charm
Roimata Fox
Anahera
Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby
Em
Maria Walker
Kiritapu
Kararaina Rangihau
Ranui
Antonio Te Maioha
Tapu
Miriama McDowell
Bash
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