Rain of the Children
Sep 25 2008
•2h 38m
•Documentary, Drama
In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki).
Cast
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Rena Owen
Puhi
Temuera Morrison
Rua
Taungaroa Emile
Toko
Vincent Ward
Self
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