Rain of the Children (2008)

Directed by

Vincent Ward

Genre

documentary film

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary revisits the story of an elderly Māori woman and her son with schizophrenia, filmed decades earlier. The director explores their lives and the passage of time.

introspectivemeditativeheartfeltvisceralsoberinghauntingpersonalatmospheric

What happens

Rain of the Children is a 2008 feature film written, directed and produced by Vincent Ward. It stars Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison. In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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