Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1990

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission, Grahame McLean Associates

Director

Martyn Sanderson

Budget

$800,000

Description

Pepe is the son of a successful Samoan businessman, who rejects his father's world and his Christianity. Although he becomes rebellious, anti-social and engages in criminal activity, as well as being expelled from school, he manages to establish himself in business. However, when he gets his girlfriend pregnant, he takes on the responsibilities of a family. Through his close association with half-cast dwarf, Tagata, he enters the supernatural realm of his traditional ways and begins to find some peace and meaning to his life.