2006 · 94 min · Directed by Toa Fraser
One place. One night.
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...
Ruby Dee
Nanna Maria
Taungaroa Emile
Soul
Mia Blake
Charlene
Miriama McDowell
Hibiscus
Rene Naufahu
Erasmus
Tuva Novotny
Danish Maria
Xavier Horan
Tyson
Antony Starr
Shelly
Nathaniel Lees
Uncle John
Pio Terei
Uncle Percy
Tanea Heke
Aunty Cat
Tayla-Lee Griffin
Nia
Brandon Lakshman
Moses
Michelle Ang
Grace
Joe Folau
Pule
Margaret Emma Rhodes
Aunt Marama
Paki Cherrington
Pater Francis
Sarah Lily Carson
Maria as a Child
Andy Huang
Peter
Mark Ruka
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