Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

IMDb 5.0 1990 • 92 min • Drama

Director

Martyn Sanderson

Country

NZ

Plot Summary

Pepe is the son of a successful Samoan businessman, who rejects his father's world and his Christianity. Although he becomes rebellious, anti-social and engages in criminal activity, as well as being expelled from school, he manages to establish himself in business. However, when he gets his girlfriend pregnant, he takes on the responsibilities of a family. Through his close association with half-cast dwarf, Tagata, he enters the supernatural realm of his traditional ways and begins to find some peace and meaning to his life.

Top Cast

Faifua Amiga Jr.
Faifua Amiga Jr. Pepe
Richard von Sturmer
Richard von Sturmer Tagata
Fuialo Molimau
Fuialo Molimau Toasa
Aloema Anae
Aloema Anae Pepe's mother
Peseta Sinave Isara
Peseta Sinave Isara Pepe's father