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The Pleasures of Unbelonging

A woman and children walk through a landscape wearing large velvet robes. Birds call, a river runs, and the sound of a bell radiates through deserted streets.

The Pleasures of Unbelonging, filmed in Hanmer Spring, a resort town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand’s South Island, unfolds through a series of dreamlike tableaux poised at the fringes of mystery and disquiet. With reference to James Baldwin’s Stranger in a Village, and leaning gently into the heady noir of Vertigo and Twin Peaks, Christopher Ulutupu’s new work stages a drama of encounter with the white gaze.


Director

Christopher Ulutupu

Countries

New Zealand United Kingdom

Year

2023

Premiere

World Premiere

Dialogue Languages

English Samoan

Subtitle Language

Primary Contact

Christopher Ulutupu

Duration

10 mins

Producer

CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand

Cinematographer

Haz Forrester

Actor

Manaia Ashley Ah Hoi - Ulutupu