πŸ“‚ EYE OF THE OCTOPUS (R.1)
James Siers, Sierpinski Films
16mm colour with sound
Preservation Status Not Assigned

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R26299437

1981

Physical

Open

A 13-year-old city boy, Conrad Siers, goes to Ribono, a remote Pacific Island in the Kiribati group, for a reunion with a sailor named Tarabo. Three years before, Conrad and his father were shipwrecked in the Pacific and Tarabo looked after the boy. On Ribono, Tarabo puts Conrad through a number of tests of courage. In the final test, he must catch and kill an octopus by biting it between the eyes.

Wellington repository

Moving Image

492

919.681

C3276/4

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