Illustrious Energy

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Audience Score
85
Illustrious Energy
StarringShaun BaoYip Ha-LeiPeter Chin
DirectorLeon Narbey
NR Drama, History
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Plot
Chan and his older mate Kim prospect for gold in 1890s Otago. Marooned until they can pay off their debts and return to China; they’ve been fruitlessly working their claim for 12 and 27 years respectively. Chan faces racism, isolation, extreme weather, threatening surveyors, opium dens and a circus romance.

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Original Language:English
Production Companies:New Zealand Film Commission, Mirage Films