‘Beautiful, erotic and deep’ – Bernard Bories, Cinéma des Antipodes

International Festivals: Cannes Film Festival 2005 in Cannes Cinephiles, Cinema des Antipodes; St Tropez; Drama; New Zealand Play film below (30’)

A young surfer’s passion for a Maori woman tattooist, rumoured to be Hine-nui-te-pō, the sea goddess of death, takes him on a dangerous, erotic journey of initiation through surf, sex, and ritual Maori tattoo, which questions what it means to become a man.