On 2017's Oscars shortlist for Best Foreign Language film, this stunning Australian feature is the first film ever shot in Vanuatu, and it is acted by people who had never seen a film before the project began. "The Yakel people’s passion to tell this story is undoubtedly at the heart of the film’s success. Tanna has a warm, shimmering vitality. Like the trees and the birds, the frame feels alive." - The Guardian (U.K.)
"A beautiful odyssey with strong spiritual undertones." - Screen Daily
"Perhaps because the story came directly out of their tradition, they transport us completely to this very different but somehow familiar world." - Los Angeles Times
In the South Pacific, Wawa, a young girl from one of the last traditional tribes, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an intertribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by enemy warriors intent on killing them. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom. In Nauvhal with English subtitles. Not rated. 100 mins.
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