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The Orator - O Le Tulafale
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 2011
At the beginning you see this unusual leading man and you grow to love him, his face, his strength, his suffering, his generosity, and you are there with him.
– Italian critic Maria Pia Fusco on The Orator, in an interview with The NZ Herald, 8 September 2011
The weather was destroying everything during shooting — at home it's so unpredictable. It will rain one minute and be very sunny the next. It's very, very hot. I'm really grateful that I picked the right crew.
– Tusi Tamasese on shooting in Samoa, The NZ Herald, 8 September 2011.
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