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Caterpillar

"When memory begins to fade, love is put to the test."

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.

Top Cast

  • Marta Dusseldorp

    Marta Dusseldorp

    Maxine

  • Lisa Harrow

    Lisa Harrow

    Huia

  • Anais Shand

    Anais Shand

    Cassie

  • Kirimaia Noel

    Kirimaia Noel

    Awhi

  • Matt Whelan

    Matt Whelan

    Cam

  • Matty Rockel

    Matty Rockel

    Mason

  • Tanea Heke

    Tanea Heke

  • Cohen Holloway

    Cohen Holloway

  • Tara Canton

    Tara Canton

    Waitress

Overview

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.

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