Nukumanu is a tiny ring of reef and sand, scarcely a dot on a map of the Pacific. Travellers never go to Nukumanu. But this atoll is the home of 270 souls marooned on a sliver of coral. Until recently they have been happy, sustained by the slender resources of the land and the richer harvest of the sea. Today the fragile balance has been broken: the young men have been drawn away leaving too few hands for village work.
This is the story of Nukumanu and of Tenaki the chief's son who will never rule. These are his last months on the island when he will have to choose a wife whom he does not love in preference to the sweetheart he does, because the ancient obligations are still strong. And when he is away, his people will all have been moved from their paradise.

Produced by Australian Island Films