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Tatau

Tatau

Release: 2012-07-02·Runtime: 15m
Drama

Tatau is about Siaki (Jack), an elderly Samoan man struggling to come to terms with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo and the shame of now losing his sight. As Siaki's vision deteriorates, memories of the painful tattooing ceremony he underwent in his youth haunt him as he yearns to see his tattoo completed before it's too late.

Production Countries

New ZealandSamoa

Production Companies

Television New Zealand
New Zealand Film Commission

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