One Thousand Ropes

One Thousand Ropes
One Thousand Ropes
	Film poster
Directed by	Tusi Tamasese
Written by	Tusi Tamasese
Produced by	Catherine Fitzgerald
Starring	Uelese Petaia; Frankie Adams; Beulah Koale; Ene Petaia; Anapela Polataivao; Sima Urale
Cinematography	Leon Narbey
Edited by	Annie Collins
Music by	Tim Prebble
Distributed by	Transmission Films
Release date	10 February 2017 (Berlin);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	Samoan
Box office	$133,761

One Thousand Ropes is a 2017 New Zealand drama film directed by Tusi Tamasese.^[2] It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3] It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^[4]

Plot

A Samoan father and his daughter reunite and face their past together.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregate score of 100% based on 7 positive critic reviews.^[5]

^ "One Thousand Ropes". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ "'One Thousand Ropes': Film Review Berlin 2017". Hollywood Reporter. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "Panorama 2017 Programme Complete". Berlinale. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Oscars 2018: One Thousand Ropes named as NZ's foreign language contender". Stuff. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ "One Thousand Ropes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

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