Tukana - Who Is Responsible?
★ 6 · 1984 · 120m · Comedy · Drama
Tells the story of a university drop out who returns to his village in Buka Passage, Bougainville. He drifts into rootlessness among bad companions, becoming progressively alienated from his parents and village life, with tragic results.
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