For the second time, New Zealand presents a film for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, «White Lies»By Dana Rotberg is chosen.
The first time I tried to get to the gala of the Academy Awards It was in 2011 with the tape "The Orator", which did not make the cut and was finally left out of the nominations.
"White Lies" is a Maori drama adaptation of the novel "Medicine woman« de Witi Ihimera, author of the book on which the film "Whale Rider" is based, which was present at the Oscars, but not at the Best Foreign Language Film category if not in the one of best actress with Keisha Castle-Hughes.
The film tells the story of a healer y matrona of a tribe that, with the new laws that prohibit practicing medicine without a license, will have to stop carrying out their work.
It is the fourth film of dana rotberg, who shot his first three films, "Elvira Luz Cruz, maximum penalty", "Angel of fire" and "Otilia" in Mexico.
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