Boy

Mar 25, 2010

1h 27m

★ 7.3

Welcome to my interesting world.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission

Unison Films

Whenua Films

Boy Trailers

Cast

Boy

James Rolleston

Rocky

Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu

Alamein

Taika Waititi

Dynasty

Moerangi Tihore

Kelly

Cherilee Martin

Chardonnay

RickyLee Waipuka-Russell

Dallas

Haze Reweti

Murray

Maakariini Butler

Tane

Rajvinder Eria

Kingi

Manihera Rangiuaia

Holden

Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson

Aunty Gracey

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