THE SILENT ONE

Year: 1984
Reference: F3008
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1984
Reference: F3008
Media type: Moving image

Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Feature
Duration: 1:32:11
Production company: GIBSON FILM PRODUCTIONS
Credits: Cast: Telo Malese
Cast: George Henare
Cast: Patricia Evison
Cast: Anzac Wallace
Cast: Rongo Tupatea Kahu
Director of Photography: Jo Pahu
Cast: Reg Ruka
Cast: Anthony Gilbert
Cast: Bernard Kearns
Cast: Prince Tui Teka
Director: Yvonne MacKay
Producer: Dave Gibson
Executive Producer: David Compton
Based On The Novel: Joy Cowley
Director of Photography: Ian Paul
Designer: Tony Rabbit
Editor: Jamie Selkirk
Underwater Photography: Ron
Underwater Photography: Valerie Taylor
Music: Jenny McLeod
Properties Master: Johnny Morris
Funding: New Zealand Film Commission
Screenplay: Ian Mune
Camera: Peter Read

“On a beautiful Pacific island a boy's friendship with a magical turtle brings vengeance from the villagers.  “Somewhere between fact and fiction, superstition and the supernatural, lies the story of Jonasi, “THE SILENT ONE”. It is a magical tale echoing the rhythms and legends of the Pacific, of village life, and of the sea; filmed in the Cook Islands, on an idyllic coral atoll representing a mythical Polynesian island.

“Festival/Awards: Frankfurt, Best Film; Paris, Special Jury Prize.” - New Zealand Film Commission; www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/the-silent-one; 4/02/2014