Te Rua (1991)
Success has its costs even when you are in the right
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.
Rated
PG
Year
1991
Country
NZ
Language
English
Release date
20 July 1991
TMDB
6.5 (2)
CineVerse
— (0)
Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
Wi Kuki Kaa
Rewi
P
Peter Kaa
Peter Huaka
N
Nissie Herewini
Nanny Matai
M
Maria Fitzi
Hanna Lehmann
Donna Akersten
Fiona Gilbert
Walter Kreye
Dr. Sattler
Jürgen Thormann
Dieter Goetz
C
Carolyn Del Rosario
Teza
Vanessa Rare
Helen Marangai
Günter Meisner
Professor Biederstedt
M
Matiu Mareikura
Taki Ruru
Stuart Devenie
Hamish MacMillan
Anton Rattinger
Gunter Schewer
Reviews
If you liked Te Rua, you might also like…
87% matchSleeping Dogs
1978
86% matchMy Neighbor Adolf
2022
82% matchThe Sea Chase
1955
80% matchThe Dead
1987
78% matchWoman in Gold
2015
72% matchLady Driver
2020
73% matchDoctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010
66% matchEleanor the Great
2025
60% matchWon't Back Down
2012
60% matchGood Vibrations
2012
60% matchLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1980
60% matchThe One That Got Away
1957
60% matchThe Quiller Memorandum
1966
60% matchLast Ride
2009
60% matchThe Last Rifleman
2023
60% matchBattleground
1949
60% matchI Believe in Unicorns
2015
60% matchNight Crossing
1982
60% matchFast Girls
2012
60% matchThe River
1984
