(Caterpillar)

Content: Set in a run-down Wellington villa in 2003, CATERPILLAR follows three women living separate lives under one leaky roof. Sixteen-year-old Cassie is all bravado and vulnerability, drifting into risky territory as she searches for belonging. Her mother Maxine, 52, is a formidable single parent and filmmaker on the brink of a long-awaited breakthrough, finally offered a greenlight—if she can land a star. Holding everything together is Huia, Cassie’s grandmother, 80, whose life has been defined by quiet service to family and a private obsession with raising monarch caterpillars, dreaming of one day witnessing the legendary butterfly migration in Mexico.

Countries:

New Zealand

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

97 minutes

Year:

2026

Directors:

Chelsie Preston Crayford

Production companies:

Miss Conception Films,

New Zealand Film Commission

Actors:

Maxine

Huia

Cassie

Awhi

Cam

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