As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
Directed by Andrew Adamson
island
school
papua new guinea
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Cast
Hugh Laurie
Mr. Watts
Eka Darville
Pip
Kerry Fox
Mrs. Watts
Florence Korokoro
Grace Watts
James Gaylyn
Magwitch
Crew
Andrew Adamson
Director
Andrew Adamson
Screenplay
Harry Gregson-Williams
Original Music Composer
Andrew Adamson
Producer
Nikki Barrett
Casting
Ngila Dickson
Costume Design
Matt Aitken
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jason Lei Howden
Digital Compositor
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Smella
5.0★ · 04/02/24
Put a gun in my mouth bc what the shit was that
Put a gun in my mouth bc what the shit was that
Tucker Clement
5.0★ · 07/13/21
One of those movies you can definitely tell was adapted from a book. The last twenty minutes kinda threw the rest of the movie under the bus... idk it was weird. And got surprisingly violent at times (which didn’t match the tone) and didn’t catch me emotionally.
But I thought Xzannjah was lovely and all those cute kiddos. And the Papua New Guinea location was gorgeous.
One of those movies you can definitely tell was adapted from a book. The last twenty minutes kinda threw the rest of the movie under the bus... idk it was weird. And got surprisingly violent at times (which didn’t match the tone) and didn’t catch me emotionally.
But I thought Xzannjah was lovely and all those cute kiddos. And the Papua New Guinea location was gorgeous.
