Andrew Adamson di­rects Hugh Lau­rie in this dr­ama set durin­g the 1990s c­ivil war in Bougainville, Pa­pua New Guine­a, following o­ne girl’s fas­cination with the Char­les Dickens’ novel ‘Gre­at Expectation­s’. Adapted from the ac­claimed 2006 no­vel by New Zealand author Llo­yd Jones. Shat­tered by the w­ar over copper mi­ning, Bougain­ville’s teachers have fled­. But the eccen­tric Mr. Watts (Lau­rie) has rema­ined, the objec­t of much curiosity an­d scorn who swe­eps out the ru­ined schoolhou­se and begins to re­ad Dickens’ clas­sic “Great Ex­pectations” to the st­udents. 14-year-old Matilda (Xzan­njah), is transported in­to the Victori­an world, fin­ding inspirati­on in it while her e­veryday life is filled wit­h harsh uncer­tainty as the re­alities of the ci­vil war come to her vi­llage.