Mr. Pip

Sep 8, 2012

1h 56m

★ 6.2

When they needed hope, he gave them great expectations.

Overview

As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Olympus Pictures

Daydream Productions

Strange Weather Films

Eyeworks Film

Mr. Pip Trailers

Cast

Mr. Watts

Hugh Laurie

Matilda

Xzannjah Matsi

Dolores Naimo

Healesville Joel

Pip

Eka Darville

Mrs. Watts

Kerry Fox

Grace Watts

Florence Korokoro

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Tapiwa Soropa

Joseph Naimo

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