In Spring One Plants Alone

An aged woman lives with her fully grown and wholly dependant son. This Vincent Ward film is a rare view of an enclosed world where an 82-year-old woman, alone, is 'The Burdened One'. Filmed over a period of one and a half years,...
New Zealand Production
Short 1980 Documentary 45.00 minutes
Old Puhi vert 4 5 MG
The true, moving story of how an 84-year-old Māori woman struggles to care for her handicapped 40-year-old son.
1980 - Silver Hugo, Chicago Film Festival
1982 - Grand Prix Cinéma du Réel

Directors

Vincent Ward

Producers

Vincent Ward

Screenplay Writers

Vincent Ward

Crew

Leon Narbey | DOP
Alun Bollinger | DOP
Chris Lancaster | Editor

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