1999

1h 55m

4.8(14 votes)

Drama

Overview

Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.

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13 members

Acting

Rufus Sewell

Mick Carpenter

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Martin Donovan

Dr. Phillip Spence

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Maya Stange

Evelyn Spence

Acting

Max Cullen

Douglas Stevens

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John Howard

Rev Macgregor

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Andrew S. Gilbert

Gerry

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Marshall Napier

Sir Geoffrey Hallerton

Acting

Susan Lyons

Helen Stevens

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Don Barker

Barman

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Tom Moraya

Biui

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Rose Vaia

Inupi

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Chief Tokonou Tokwamula

Chief Tokunou

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Ivan Fabian

Toyodola

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