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Nanna Maria, the matriarch of a Fijian family living in Auckland feels that the heart has gone out of her clan. Nanna demands that her grown grandchildren put on a traditional feast at which she will name her successor. The grandchildren — Soul, Charlene, Hibiscus, Erasmus, and Tyson — reluctantly turn up. But tiffs send the day into chaos and Nanna calls the whole thing off. The lovo-warmed love letter to his Mt Roskill hometown was the debut feature for director Toa Fraser. It screened at many festivals and won the World Cinema audience award at Sundance 2006.
Not many feature films start off as theatre monologues - especially when they have large ensemble casts like this one. No. 2 (known as Naming Number Two in North America, to avoid any scatological connotations) is one that made a ...
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i love this moviee about the fijian life in NZ!
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2006 Sundance Film Festival
Audience Award (World Cinema, Dramatic)
2006 Brisbane Film Festival
Audience Award
2006 Atlanta Film Festival
Best Actress: Ruby Dee
2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Original Music: Don McGlashan
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Ruby Dee
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Rene Naufahu
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mia Blake
Nominated for Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Xavier Horan), Supporint Actress (Miriama McDowell), Cinematography, Editing (Chris Plummer) and Sound (Tim Prebble, Mike Hedges and David Madigan)
Festivals include:
2007 Portland, 2007 Pan African Film Festival, 2006 Sundance (World Cinema), 2006 Berlin (Panorama), 2006 London, 2006 Brisbane, 2006 Atlanta
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Tokoa Van Dongen
Posted at 11.09AM - 13.03.2013
i really enjoyed the film although i couldnt hear a thing that has been said on screen.. im only commenting because my senior drama class is doing the play no.2 and i represent the old lady Nanna Maria and Tyson.. hopefully our play goes well..
xoxo
Tokoa Van Dongen
Rarotonga
Cook Islands