
The Difference Between Pipi & Pūpū
Synopsis
When estranged son, Tai, is called home to Aotearoa to his father Putty's deathbed, he is forced to confront a painful past after years of avoiding it. Once inseparable, Tai and Putty would spend hours together fishing and joking around. However, after a family secret is revealed, their relationship falls apart.
- Director
- Tajim Mohammed-Kapa
- Writers
- Tajim Mohammed-Kapa
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- New Zealand Film Commission
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