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Original title

Mauri

Year

1988

Running time

101 min.

Country

New Zealand

Director

Merata Mita

Screenwriter

Merata Mita

Cast

Music

Hirini Melbourne

Cinematography

Graeme Cowley

Producer

Awatea Films, New Zealand Film Commission

Genre

Drama. Romance. Mystery

Synopsis

Rewi returns to a small country town (Te Kaha). He is deeply troubled by something mysterious in his past. He cannot bring himself to form a relationship with the woman he loves, even though his feelings are reciprocated. The truth is that Rewi is not who he pretends to be. He had been involved in serious crime, but had escaped. He had picked up a hitchhiker, the real Rewi, and after a car accident had resulted in the death of the hitchhiker, took over his identity. He is pursued by the ghost of the dead man. Mauri was the first full-length feature to be made by a Maori woman, and the first entirely from a Maori perspective. Beautiful cinematography with a soundtrack that uses traditional Maori instruments.

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Mauri

1988

Merata Mita