Rain of the Children
Vincent Ward weaves drama with documentary to unravel the extraordinary story of Puhi, the Maori woman who welcomed the young filmmaker into her home in 1978. Ward made the observational film In spring one plants alone about Puhi’s day-to-day life in the remote Urewera Ranges. By then almost 80, she was obsessively caring for her schizophrenic adult son Niki, whose violent fits terrified her. In this feature Ward sets out to unravel the mystery that has haunted him for 30 years: Who was Puhi ? Using his relationship with Puhi as the framework to explore her life, he finds a woman of extraordinary fortitude who, at the age of 12, was chosen by the great Maori prophet Rua Kenana to marry his son, Whatu. She would go on to have 13 more children. In Rain of the Children, he finds out how the loss of her children affected the course of her life. The tragedies she lived through were so powerful that some, including her, believed she was cursed.
New Zealand - 2008 - 1 h 40 mn - 35 mm • 1,85 - Colour
Director
Vincent Ward
Script
Vincent Ward
Camera
Adam Clark, Leon Narbey
Sound
Hayden Collow, Dick Reade
Editing
Chris Plummer
Music
Jack Body, John Gibson
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Production
Wayward Films,
c/o NZFC, Level 3 119 Ghuznee St,
6011 Wellington, Nouvelle-Zélande
Tél : +64 4 382 7680
Fax : +64 4 384 9719
E-mail : eloise@nzfilm.co.nz
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Sales
Kathleen Drumm
New Zealand Film Commission,
Kathleen Drumm,
Level 3, 119 Ghuznee Street, PO Box 11 546,
6011 Wellington, Nouvelle-Zélande
Tél : + 64 4382 7680
Fax : +64 4384 9719
E-mail : eloise@nzfilm.co.nz |
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