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7.69% of people buy Illustrious Energy and Sons for the Return Home ~ DVD.
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"Classic NZ Film finally available to see again!"
A beautifully shot film set in Otago in the late 19th Century.
It ranks right up there with the best NZ & European pure classic cinema.
The DVD has been completely remastered and the picture quality is excellent!
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Two poor Chinese gold miners in Otago in 1895 dream of returning home after 12 years. Chan has a wife in China, as well as a child that he has not seen. One day they find enough gold to pay their debts and return home. Chan goes to town to buy supplies and pay the debts. He encounters prejudice, religion, opium, hookers, the circus, and love (among other things). Despite a tempting offer to stay with the circus and the beautiful Li, he opts to return to his old friend so that they can fulfil their dream of returning home – things don't go as planned, however.
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I'm having a run on watching NZ movies and this was just plain brilliant. From the opening scenes, to the music, to the scenery, to the beautiful and, I assume, realistic period clothing and settings.
An awesome snippet of early Kiwi and Chinese/Kiwi life. I felt like I had gone back in a time warp and was actually there. The story was sensitive and engaging, and from what I know of this time period very real to actual experiences of the Chinese during the Gold Rush era.
No wonder it won 8 NZ Film and Televsion awards. Well deserved.
If you love a great drama, a historical story, or a great Kiwi movie, then this is the movie for you.