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The Convert is a 2023 film directed by Lee Tamahori, and starring Guy Pearce and Te Kohe Tuhaka. The script is by Shane Danielsen and Tamahori, from a story by Michael Bennett, and produced by Jump Film & Television and Brouhaha Entertainment.
Sep 9, 2023 · ‘The Convert’ Review: Guy Pearce Is a Remorseful Warrior in Blood-Soaked New Zealand Period Piece. Set in the 19th century, Lee Tamahori's handsomely shot historical saga stars Pearce as...
Oct 3, 2016 · In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Booker International-longlisted author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a Medieval Christian noblewoman who abandoned her life for the love of a Jewish boy.
New Zealand in the 1830s is a largely Māori world, dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro (GUY PEARCE) is on board a trading vessel heading to ...
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Feb 4, 2020 · “The Convert,” briskly translated from the Dutch by David McKay, is an imaginative flight, full of darkness and light, lively characters, life-altering conflicts, violence and kindness, birth ...
Aug 16, 2019 · The flight of Vigdis Gudbrandr, a highborn Norman Christian and Jewish convert, a thousand years ago, is as demanding of the reader’s imagination as it is of his or her concentration.
About The Convert. Finalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Man Booker International–long-listed author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her home and family for the love of a Jewish boy.
Nov 22, 2023 · New Zealand in the 1830s is a Māori world, dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro (GUY PEARCE) is on board a trading vessel heading to the newly ...
The Convert - After months at sea, English lay preacher Thomas Munro (Guy Pearce) lands in New Zealand, still dominated by indigenous Māori. Settling in a frontier town, Munro must deal with a new landscape, suspicious settlers and his violent past.
Feb 4, 2020 · In eleventh-century France, Vigdis Adelaïs, a young woman from a prosperous Christian family, falls in love with David Todros, a rabbi’s son and yeshiva student. To be together, the couple must flee their city, and Vigdis must renounce her life of privilege and comfort.
