Eight Pan-Asian female filmmakers’ powerful anthology film illuminates the immigrant experience in Aotearoa New Zealand through the lives of eight Asian women connected by the house they call home.
Soo Young
The runtime is 85 minutes (1h 25m).
The film features dialogue in 9 languages: Cantonese, Tagalog, Japanese, Maori, Persian, Mandarin, English, Korean, Marathi.
The film was directed by Michelle Ang.
The screenplay was written by Hash and Shreya Gejji.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt21921622.
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Poor
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Kāinga
Released
广州话 / 廣州話, , 日本語, , فارسی, 普通话, English, 한국어/조선말,
New Zealand
