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A caregiver is hired by two parents in attempt to look after their poor young son. One day things take wrong turn and the boy dead by the caregiver. How he made this and why?
Although perhaps a tough-sell on paper, Waru stands a sturdy testament to the way film can generate resonant art from difficult subject matter. All New Zealanders should see it.
Invariably there is a piece that falls short, but these precise snapshots mostly add up to a telling contemporary portrait of the stresses and self-deception that are at work in New Zealand's Maori community.
This film is beautiful, bold, gorgeously well made and utterly essential to any understanding or appreciation of New Zealand film-making and this country as it exists today.
A fascinating glimpse into New Zealand's contemporary Maori community, Waru brings a sense of dramatic, urgent realism to a story that plays out like a suspenseful mystery.