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7.3Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Released: 2010-03-2588 minDir: Taika WaititiDrama, ComedyBox office: $9.1M
Cast
- James Rolleston as Boy
- Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu as Rocky
- Taika Waititi as Alamein
- Moerangi Tihore as Dynasty
- Cherilee Martin as Kelly
- RickyLee Waipuka-Russell as Chardonnay
Themes
- farm
- new zealand
- maori
- goat
- coming of age
- grief
- dead mother
- duringcreditsstinger
- 1980s
- kids on their own
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 366294
- Official website
- boythefilm.com
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- publication date
- 2010-03-25
- title
- Boy
- review score
- 70/100
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Categories
2010 comedy-drama films2010 English-language films2010 films2010s coming-of-age comedy-drama films2010s New Zealand filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsFilms about Māori peopleFilms about treasure huntingFilms directed by Taika WaititiFilms set in 1984Films set in New ZealandFilms set on farmsFilms shot in New ZealandFilms with screenplays by Taika WaititiKickstarter-funded filmsMāori-language filmsNew Zealand coming-of-age comedy-drama filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateUse New Zealand English from November 2012Vertigo Films films