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BOY

Director:

  Taika Cohen Waititi
  

Year Released:

  2010

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu
  Cherilee Martin
  James Rolleston
  Moerangi Tihore
  Taika Cohen Waititi
Movie Haiku:"Boy" (Rolleston) lives in a New Zealand Maori community in the mid-80s surrounded by poverty and a loose-knit extended family. After his mother''s death, his father went on a bender & landed in prison. Boy idealizes him as a combination of Michael Jackson & Superman, but his sudden reappearance turns fantasy into reality. Waititi wrote, directed & plays the Dad.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2012