Summaries

A modern day take on the classic bard tale - with Silver as a movie producer.

The Maori take on Shakespeare's 'pound of flesh' drama is a story of deep seated social and religious prejudice, that has its revenge in a money lending deal that is bonded in a pound of the Christian merchant's flesh on forfeit. The Jew (Shylock) has a long memory of oppression, but revenge is not so sweet.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • foreign language adaptation
  • based on play
  • shakespeare's the merchant of venice
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Feb 16, 2002
Countries of origin New Zealand
Official sites He Taonga films
Language Maori
Production companies He Taonga Films

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Runtime 2h 38m
Color Color
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