When a business trip calls for Johnny to travel to another island, an adult Tama (Joe Falou) accompanies him and a dramatic circumstance changes not only his life but his future as well. Johnny takes the boy in and raises him as his own son, teaching, mentoring and investing in him as a person and child of God. Tama drifts for days in the sun and is near death when he is picked up by Malio (Rawiri Parantene), an Island Chief who works for Johnny Lingo (George Hanare). When Mahana refuses to go because she feels a loyalty to take care of her father, Tama sets out on his own, promising to return one day and rescue Mahana from the island. Soon Mahana’s father takes advantage of Tama and becomes verbally abusive and mean during his drunken binges, so Tama decides to run away and take Mahana with him. The two become best friends and eventually her father allows Tama to live with them.
Tama meets Mahana (Fokikovi Soakimi), a girl who was commonly referred to as plain and ugly. He was considered an outcast because the villagers believed he brought bad luck to whoever took him in. Plot: The story centers around a young boy named Tama (Tausani Simei-Barton) who was literally pulled from the sea when he was a baby and adopted by a few of the villagers until he reached adolescence. Since then, it has been translated into dozens of languages and reprinted in hundreds of publications that have reached millions of people the world over. The film is adapted from the short story “Eight Cow Wife” by Patricia McGerr the late novelist first published her story in 1962. Special Notes: The soundtrack features songs by composer Kevin Kiner and the award-winning 11-piece New Zealand group Te Vaka that has won worldwide acclaim since 1997 with the music, costumes and dance of the South Pacific. Release Date: Aug(Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Dallas and Atlanta)Īctors: Tausani Simei-Barton, Joe Falou, Fokikovi Soakimi, Kayte Ferguson, Rawiri Parantene, George Hanare
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