Boy

Boy

Welcome to my interesting world.

2010•1h 28m•7.3/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(473)

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.

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Production

New Zealand Film Commission, Unison Films, Whenua Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

James Rolleston

James Rolleston

Boy

Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu

Rocky

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

Alamein

Moerangi Tihore

Dynasty

Cherilee Martin

Kelly

RickyLee Waipuka-Russell

RickyLee Waipuka-Russell

Chardonnay

Haze Reweti

Dallas

Maakariini Butler

Murray

Rajvinder Eria

Tane

Manihera Rangiuaia

Kingi

Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson

Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson

Holden

Rachel House

Rachel House

Aunty Gracey

Waihoroi Shortland

Weirdo

Cohen Holloway

Cohen Holloway

Chuppa

Pana Hema-Taylor

Pana Hema-Taylor

Juju

Tuhoro Ranihera Christie

Mr. Nepia

Craig Hall

Craig Hall

Mr. Langston

Mavis Paenga

Nan

Ngapaki Emery

Mum

Ngaru-toa Puru

Che

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