Sundance Film Festival Award Winning Films

"Stanley Tucci - Secondo"

"Isabella Rossellini - Gabriella"

"Tony Shalhoub - Primo"

"Grant Roa - Uncle Rawiri Apirana"

"Cliff Curtis - Porourangi Apirana"

"Vicky Haughton - Nani Flowers Apirana"

"Rawiri Paratene - Koro Apirana"

"Keisha Castle-Hughes - Paikea "Pai" Apirana"

"In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the future."

"One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future."

"Koro: Like your dick'll drop off. So hold onto your dicks."

"Hemi: Like what? Someone dying or something?"

"Koro: You're going to Iearn that chant, all of you, Iearn it exactIy. And if you break the chant, you will suffer the utu. The consequences."

"Porourangi: Well, somebody who's gonna Iead our peopIe out of the darkness and who'll make everything aIright again. OnIy probIem is you can't just decide who those peopIe are just because you want them to be, eh?"

"Pai: What's that?"

"Porourangi: Yeah, they do, except I think it's become even more than that. In his head, your Koro, he needs a prophet."