Mr. Pip

IMDb link: 1485749
IMDb rating: 7.1 (4,579 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Andrew Adamson, Hugh Laurie
Cast: Xzannjah Matsi, Healesville Joel, Eka Darville and others

Release date: 3 Oct 2013
Release year: 2012
Runtime: 116 minutes
Country: Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
Keywords: bougainville new guinea, reading story to class, reference to charles dickens, teacher, remote village, school, teenage girl, fictional character, tropical island, imagination

Plot:

Mr Watts is the only white man left on the island after the blockade. He opens the school and introduces the children the 'Great Expectations.' Matilda, the teenage narrator finds comfort in the story of a Victorian orphan when her own world is falling apart. The Redskins, an army sent to destroy the local rebels are getting closer. Matilda writes 'Pip' in the sand. This simple act leads to terrible consequences when the Redskins suspect Pip to be a rebel leader and demand he be brought before them.

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