Leon Narbey Trailers
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Most Popular Leon Narbey Trailers
Total trailers found: 39
Rain of the Children Trailer (2008)
25 September 2008
In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki).
Desperate Remedies Trailer (1993)
26 November 1993
In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter.
Ruby and Rata Trailer (1990)
14 July 1990
Ruby, an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud.
The Tattooist Trailer (2007)
28 November 2007
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs.
The Price of Milk Trailer (2000)
13 October 2000
Lucinda lives a fairytale life with dairy farmer Rob, and his 117 cows. But after a freak car accident she decides to test Rob's love for her by trying to make him angry.
Other Halves Trailer (1984)
01 October 1984
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime.
Perfect Creature Trailer (2007)
16 August 2007
The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.
Snap Trailer (1994)
20 July 1994
A young couple stumble into a disused photographer's studio and find themselves snapped up by the past.
Giselle Trailer (2013)
14 June 2013
GISELLE is acclaimed director Toa Fraser's interpretation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of Giselle.
The Lounge Bar Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
The zenith of Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair's legendary Front Lawn collaborations, this iconic Kiwi short follows two men and one woman on a rainy night at a deserted bar.
Savage Honeymoon Trailer (2000)
15 March 2000
Dean is threatening to firebomb his ex-girlfriend's wedding. Mickey is filling the garage with stolen goods - again, and pierced teenage daughter, Leesa, is an accident waiting to happen on the family's beloved Triumph motorbike.
Punitive Damage Trailer (1999)
16 May 1999
The story of New Zealander Helen Todd's law suit against an Indonesian general that she pursued after her son, Kamal, was shot dead in the Dili massacre in East Timor.
Whale Rider Trailer (2003)
30 January 2003
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale.
The Winter Boy Trailer (2010)
09 July 2010
A mother tries to comfort her grieving son, but on each attempt her son’s silence becomes more and more deafening.
Eeling Trailer (2010)
08 July 2010
A discontented wife is seduced by eels - the keepers of the land. The mystic encounter draws her into the eels’ realm.
The Dead Lands Trailer (2014)
04 September 2014
Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery.
Beat Trailer (2010)
15 July 2010
Witnessing the disparities and conflicts among a group of young adults, a clear-sighted 10-year-old boy triggers a series of musical, choreographic and culinary conversations.
Possum Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
In a backwoods cabin, a boy called Little Man lives with his dad (a trapper), his older sister Missy, and his younger sister Kid, who is feral, spends most of her time under the table, and can imitate the sound of any animal.
Beyond Gravity Trailer (1989)
09 September 1989
Richard, an astronomy-obsessed worrier spends his time fantasizing about outer-space and the cosmos, an activity which antagonizes friends and family.
Whina Trailer (2022)
23 June 2022
The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women.
Trespasses Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
A young woman searches for her identity by joining a "free love" hippie commune, against the wishes of her darkly possessive widowed father.
Dean Spanley Trailer (2008)
12 December 2008
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Bastion Point: Day 507 Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
Merata Mita, Leon Narbey and Gerd Pohlmann’s powerful documentary Bastion Point: Day 507 depicts the eviction of protestors from Bastion Point during the struggle for Māori land rights.
The Footstep Man Trailer (1992)
20 June 1992
Sam is a sound technician, who must literally walk in the footsteps of the characters on the screen. A "film within a film" that connects the world of modern film-making to the Paris of painter Toulouse-Lautrec and his model/lover Mireille.
The Orator Trailer (2011)
21 February 2011
The Orator (O Le Tulafale) is a contemporary drama about courage, forgiveness and love. Small in stature and humble, Saili lives a simple life with his beloved wife and daughter in an isolated, traditional village in the islands of Samoa.
In Spring One Plants Alone Trailer (1980)
31 July 1980
This is the story of Puhi, an aged Maori woman and Niki, her fully grown but wholly dependent son. The world they occupy is not a world of large events but the rituals of everyday life, traditions and interdependence.
One Thousand Ropes Trailer (2017)
23 March 2017
The father of a deeply troubled household that endured tragedy both from without and within, seeks to reconcile with his youngest daughter by making a journey to both symbolically and culturally lay the family "ghosts" to rest.
Strata Trailer (1983)
01 September 1983
The story means to develop through an uncovering of layers - strata. As writer Krumbachova stated: "With nature as a prison, an impassable barrier .
The Man in the Hat Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
An affectionate portrait of a very significant human being, art-dealer Peter McLeavey who continues, after 40 years, to run his gallery in the centre of Wellington, New Zealand.
Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye Trailer (2009)
07 July 2009
Len Lye (1901-1980) was a pioneer of experimental animation, and also of kinetic sculpture. This short film dramatically presents 18 minutes inside the head of the artist as a teenager.
Gung Ho - Rewi Alley of China Trailer (1980)
01 July 1980
Expat Kiwi Rewi Alley became one of the best known foreigners in 20th Century China and advocate for the Communist Revolution.
Skin Deep Trailer (1978)
01 October 1978
In small town Carlton Bob, the head of the Progressive Association, the local accountant and the boxing coach at the men-only gym, hires a masseuse from Auckland.
No. 2 Trailer (2006)
16 February 2006
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family.
Who Laughs Last? Trailer (2006)
06 August 2006
This Artsville documentary profiles Roger Hall, New Zealand’s most successful playwright. Three decades after Hall's early play Middle Age Spread became a hit, the original cast return for 2006 follow-up Spreading Out.
Colin McCahon: I Am Trailer (2004)
18 September 2004
This documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon. The first excerpt looks at McCahon's beginnings in Timaru and Dunedin, and his explorations of modernist techniques in paintings that reconceived 'the promised land' in an endemic landscape.
Illustrious Energy Trailer (1988)
01 November 1988
Chan and his older mate Kim prospect for gold in 1890s Otago. Marooned until they can pay off their debts and return to China; they’ve been fruitlessly working their claim for 12 and 27 years respectively.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
After Jane leaves Bill, they each meet unusual strangers as they travel on their own.
Jubilee Trailer (2000)
13 April 2000
Billy (Cliff Curtis) is trying to organize the biggest celebration the town of Waimatua has even seen - the 75th Jubilee of their school.
