• Director(s):

    PORTRON (Jean-Loïc)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2005

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, DVD, INTERNET

The Maoris of New Zealand called these jade-sculpted pendants "hei tiki" - "hei" meaning "to hang" and "tiki" meaning "the representation of a human being".

A hei tiki is an image of an ancestor that one wears. These pendants are precious objects handed down in families from generation to generation. Some even have names. They create a link between the living and the dead, erasing distances created by time and space.