Mr. Pip
Sep 08 2012
•2h 56m
•Drama
As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
Cast
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Hugh Laurie
Mr. Watts
Xzannjah Matsi
Matilda
Healesville Joel
Dolores Naimo
Eka Darville
Pip
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