In Spring One Plants Alone (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. “In Spring One Plants Alone” documents the minutiae of their very enclosed existence. Filmed over a period of one and a half years, it emerges as a rare, haunting and powerful portrayal of their life together. This is the story of their rituals and of their survival. The small and disconnected instances that we encounter form a lone vision of the rifts and the bond between an old woman and her disturbed son.

Released July 31, 1980 43 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.maori, imdb.observational-documentary, imdb.schizophrenia, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.rural-setting

Watch Providers: Kanopy

Production Companies: Vincent Ward Films

Country: New Zealand
Production Country: New Zealand
Languages: English