Johnny Lingo (1969)
• January 1st, 1969 • 0h 25min
Drama, Family
Overview
Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Peel
Released on: 2017-12-12
Drama
When Olivia is pushed to her limit, she has to find the determination and inner strength to carry on...
The Dead Ones
Released on: 1967-01-17
Drama
Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Coc...
Dinosaur Island
Released on: 2014-12-01
Adventure, Science Fiction, Family
The adventure begins when Lucas, a 13 year old boy, embarks on the vacation of a lifetime. When disa...
Nora Prentiss
Released on: 1947-02-22
Drama
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a stree...
Treasure Island
Released on: 1990-01-22
Adventure, Family, TV Movie
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies...
Laurita
Released on: 2009-08-21
Drama
Laura and her mother are spending their vacation on the seashore, in Sao Paulo, at a middle-class be...
La Muette
Released on: 1965-07-08
Drama
A boy buys earplugs to block out the shouting of his constantly quarreling parents, but his innocent...
All Those Sunflowers
Released on: 2014-09-26
Drama, Romance
Marieke, a 27-year-old Dutch woman, works for an advertising agency in New York. She feels lonely in...
Deer Girl
Released on: 2024-01-19
Drama
Rachele laughs at the stranger with whom she chats online. And she leads us to discover the only fee...
Beauville
Released on: 1995-01-01
Comedy, Drama
Tragicomedy about a man who hears he has got one more week to live and who brings his two water turt...
L'apprentisage du péché
Released on: 1997-01-01
Drama
A child is confronted to the first questions about procreation, in a world wanting to awaken him to ...
Sycorax
Released on: 2021-07-13
Drama
Who is Sycorax? The first character in Shakespeare's "Tempest" to set foot on the island. The probl...
A Naughty Kitten
Released on: 1953-10-01
Animation, Family
A naughty kitten runs away from home to take part in a dangerous forest adventure. A special "fluffy...
How to Become a Grown-Up
Released on: 1967-10-01
Animation, Family
A little slacker doesn't appreciate his childhood and wants to face with adult problems as quickly a...
Where the Birds Cry
Released on: 2023-06-14
Drama, Romance
Fourteen-year-old Szymon lives in a seaside village. He's going through one of the most turbulent st...
Always Summer
Released on: 1998-01-01
Drama
Twelve-year-old Wim has feelings of guilt about his father's death, which cause him to get emotional...
La vie en rose
Released on: 1997-06-01
Drama
Childhood friends Isa and Florence reunite unexpectedly as adults
Fotofinish
Released on: 1986-10-22
Drama, Comedy
A man in financial debt is asked by his little son if the photographer of the famous picture which s...