An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
Cinematography
The river itself becomes a character — murky, beautiful, unforgiving.
Production
Painstaking historical recreation of 1860s New Zealand warfare.
Acting
Samantha Morton carries the whole mess on her back.
Director
Vincent Ward
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