Tanna (2015)

Directed by

Martin Butler, Bentley Dean

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Vanuatu, Australia

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 110 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a traditional village on the island of Tanna, a young woman named Wawa and a young man named Dain fall in love. Their romance goes against their tribe's customs of arranged marriage, and it leads to conflict with a rival tribe.

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What happens

Tanna is a 2015 Australian-Ni-Vanuatu drama film directed by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler. Set on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, the film dramatizes the true story of Wawa (Marie Wawa) and Dain (Mungau Dain), members of the Indigenous Kastom tribe, who defy their community's tradition of arranged marriage by pursuing a forbidden romance, igniting tensions with the rival Imedin tribe. Notable as the first feature film shot entirely in Vanuatu, it features a cast of non-professional actors from the Yakel tribe, including Dain, who was cast for his status as the village's "most handsome man." The dialogue is delivered in the local Nivhaal and Nafe languages. Premiering at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, Tanna won the Audience Award Pietro Barzisa and earned Dean a prize for Best Cinematography. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, marking Australia's first-ever nomination in the category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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