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Mar 25, 2010 · Boy, 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.
Boy is a 2010 New Zealand comedy-drama film, written and directed by Taika Waititi. The film stars James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, and Waititi. It is produced by Cliff Curtis, Ainsley Gardiner and Emanuel Michael and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission.
It’s 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy’s father, Alamein, appears out of the blue.
Boy, 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.
Oct 21, 2013 · The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand "Thriller" is changing kids' lives. "Boy" is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and...
Jun 2, 2011 · Boy: Directed by Roh Hong-Jin. With Kim Dong-young, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Yeon Joon-seok, So-hee Kim. About Jin Woo, who lives in a broken family found a friend, a bad friend who teach him about the world he lived.
A New Zealand youth (James Rolleston) finds that his father (Taika Waititi) is a far cry from the heroic adventurer he's imagined the man to be.
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Jul 28, 2022 · His second film as writer/director, 2010’s Boy, is a comedy-drama that has both in abundance, and tells the tender story of how family can simultaneously be disappointingly lacking and yet everything you need.
When Alamein returns home after seven years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping...
An 11-year-old boy and his younger brother see their rich fantasy lives stopped cold when their father returns home after years away. Watch trailers & learn more.
