The Silent One

Washed up on the shores of a South Seas island village when he was a baby, a deaf and mute boy befriends a white turtle in this 1985 New Zealand drama. When a drought plagues the village, the tribal priest places all the blame on the child, and looks to thwart the chief who defends the boy. Based on the book by Joy Cowley, adapted to screen by the great Ian Mune.

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