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Apron Strings
Film (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras) – 2008
In Samoan-born director Sima Urale's first feature, two mothers from very different cultures find the courage to confront the secrets of the past, and set their sons free. Hard-working Lorna (Jennifer Ludlam, from Cover Story) runs an old-fashioned cake shop and lives with her unemployed son (Scott Wills). For Anita (British actor Laila Rouass) , star of an Indian cooking show, things come to a head when her son decides to meet her estranged sister, who runs a no-frills curry house. Apron Strings debuted in the Discovery Section of the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. It won four Qantas Awards, including for Ludlam and Wills.
Colour can be the visual equivalent of spice. There’s a great deal of both in New Zealand director Sima Urale’s first feature-length film.– Listener reviewer David Larsen, 16 August 2008
Key Cast & Crew
See all 47 credits
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from the NZ Film Commission, Television New Zealand and NZ On Air
Music
'Ko-ee Aa-n Milaa-Vai' performed by Bhai Yadvinder Singh Jagie
Additional music by Bhai Yadvinder Singh, Vidwan Diwakar, Deepak Madhur, Ustad Shukdev Madhur, Bascant Madhur, Hemant Thaker, Phil Symonds and Dorian Charnis
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