Nanna Maria, the matriarch of a Fijian extended family living in a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, feels that the heart and passion has gone out of her clan.
One morning, she demands that her grown grandchildren put on a big family feast at which she will name her successor.
Family conflicts play out as the difficult day progresses, but in the end the grandchildren—and eventually Nanna's children too—join with cousins and others in a traditional celebration.
[1] Leon Narbey was cinematographer, Chris Plummer edited the film, and the music was composed by Don McGlashan.
The film was shot in the Auckland, New Zealand, suburb of Mount Roskill during the latter part of summer 2005, with interior scenes of Nanna Maria's house taking place on a soundstage at Henderson Valley Studios.