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Shopping (2013)

Shopping poster
Directed by
Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston
Genre
drama film
Country
New Zealand
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1981 on the Kapiti Coast, a mixed race Samoan teenager gets involved with a group of shoplifters led by an Eastern European immigrant. The film follows his experiences as he navigates a new social circle and the risks that come with it.

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What happens

Shopping is a 2013 New Zealand coming-of-age film written and directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland. Set in the Kāpiti Coast of Northern Wellington in 1981, it stars Kevin Paulo as a mixed race Samoan New Zealander who falls in with a group of shoplifters, led by an Eastern-European immigrant played by Jacek Koman. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013 and was released in New Zealand on 30 May 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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