Puhi was chosen at age 12 by the great Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana to marry his son, Whatu, and goes on to have an extraordinary life of hardship and wonder showing her fortitude through life and death struggles, walking between spirit and real world, as she bears and loses all of her thirteen children but one. "Rain of the Children" is a dramatic documentary in which filmmaker Vincent Ward attempts to unravel and recreate the life story of Puhi, who he met in 1978 when she was ... (Full plot summary below)
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Puhi was chosen at age 12 by the great Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana to marry his son, Whatu, and goes on to have an extraordinary life of hardship and wonder showing her fortitude through life and death struggles, walking between spirit and real world, as she bears and loses all of her thirteen children but one. "Rain of the Children" is a dramatic documentary in which filmmaker Vincent Ward attempts to unravel and recreate the life story of Puhi, who he met in 1978 when she was eighty years old.
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| User ReviewBengel WIn a heartbreaking historical story the narrator and camera follow the lives of real Tuhoe in New Zealand. The story brings out the history, and the simple understanding of the native. The mix of theology and philosophy and the harshness of life lead forth to a community in pain and an individual who believes they caused the problems. Sadness is a heavy burden to carry alone. Nibbles: Pumpkin Pie. |
| User ReviewKelly KThis is a beauty, mystical and humanly told. True legend of a Maori woman's strength for her survival. |
| User ReviewFernando Rwas a both awesome and moving story...... got to watch it. |
| User ReviewJessie RA heart warming story which I enjoyed very much |
| User ReviewLynn NMany movie-going Kiwis are still recovering from Vincent Ward's 'Vigil' which plunged us all into a world of grim grey despair. And still more of us have no trouble remembering how we felt leaving the movie theatre after watching Rena Owen in Once Were Warriors. That was grim too. And now here they are, both together, telling another story which is not just grim, but downright sad. But it's beautifully done. Ward has an eye for the detail of human frailty which somehow he manages to get up there on the big screen, whether he's recounting fact (like this story) or fiction. It's just brilliant work and Rena, girl, you are all class. |
| User ReviewRobert Cstarts out as a useful biographical account of the life of a maori woman and the origins of the "curse" surrounding her. degenerates into a mawkishly sentimental film which clearly serves not as a tribute to a[n ironically] woman but a self indulgent film which is obviously supposed to show vincent ward can make at least 2 good films. it doesn't and there's no need to see it 2x, once was enough. a golden rule is broken: when the story stops the movie stops. |
