The Dark Horse

Jul 17, 2014

2h 4m

★ 6.3

Bravery is contagious

Overview

One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Four Knights Film

The Dark Horse Trailers

Cast

Genesis

Cliff Curtis

Mana

James Rolleston

Noble

Kirk Torrance

Nurse

Sia Trokenheim

Clive

Andrew Grainger

Jedi

Xavier Horan

Nurse

Roseanne Liang

Sandy

Miriama McDowell

Vagrant Woman

Rachel House

Ariki

Wayne Hapi

Rip

Lionel Wellington

Michael

Niwa Whatuira

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