VA TAPUIA

Short (16’)

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.

Premiere: NZ Film Festival, 2010

Credits

Directed by: Tusi Tamasese / Produced by: Catherine Fitzgerald / Screenplay by: Tusi Tamasese
Director of Photography: Leon Narbey / Editor: Annie Collins
Starring: Malae Lialiai, Lena Rivers

Festivals & Awards

2010

New Zealand Film Festival
imagineNATIVE
Hawaii

2011

National Geographic All Roads
Oberhausen
Clermont Ferrand