Illustrious Energy
MovieTitle | Illustrious Energy |
User score | 8.5 |
Release date | Nov 1, 1988 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Leon Narbey |
Production country | New Zealand |
Production companies | New Zealand Film Commission, Mirage Films |
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.