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Tonten's Journey

The story of a young man's search for his brother and his discovery of an exciting new nation...

5.0(1)19741h 27m1

A Pidgin language drama based upon the emergence of Papua New Guinea as an independent nation. A young coastal man, Tonten, is searching for his missing brother. During his travels Tonten meets and marries a Chimbu girl in the highlands, and then he makes his way over the mountains to Port Moresby, the capital of PNG. After finding his brother, Tonten and his wife return to a peaceful life in his village. Wokabaut Bilong Tonten was the first feature film shot in Papua New Guinea with an all-Indigenous cast.

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Language
English
  • papua new guinea

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Director

Oliver Howes

Produced in

Australia, Papua New Guinea

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Still from Tonten's Journey

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Release dates

  • Papua New GuineaPG

    • Theatrical19 Mar 1974

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Tonten's Journey was released on 19 March 1974.

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