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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- New Zealand
- Original language
- Māori
- Director
- Taika Waititi
- Screenwriter
- Taika Waititi
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 366294
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- boythefilm.com
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- publication date
- 2010-03-25
- title
- Boy
- different from
- Boy
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 70/100
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