Vea Mafile'o
Director
Mother Tongue (2024)
A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.
Keywords: tmdb.female-protagonist, tmdb.bilingual, tmdb.short-film, aspectratio.2-1, mdblist.imdb-short
Production Companies: New Zealand Film Commission, Run Charlie Films, Script to Screen
Country: New Zealand
Production Country:
New Zealand
Languages:
Tonga,
English
Recommendations
17 min
Aug. 6, 2024
Released
NR