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Tonten's Journey

Tonten's Journey

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 19, 1974

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

Wokabaut Bilong Tonten

Production Companies

Film Australia

Director

Oliver Howes

Description

A Pidgin language drama based upon the emergence of Papua New Guinea as an independent nation. A young coastal man, Tonten, is searching for his missing brother. During his travels Tonten meets and marries a Chimbu girl in the highlands, and then he makes his way over the mountains to Port Moresby, the capital of PNG. After finding his brother, Tonten and his wife return to a peaceful life in his village. Wokabaut Bilong Tonten was the first feature film shot in Papua New Guinea with an all-Indigenous cast.