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Boy (2010)

Poster for Boy

Welcome to my interesting world.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Taika Waititi
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    Boy James Rolleston
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    Alamein Taika Waititi
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    Chardonnay RickyLee Waipuka-Russell
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    Holden Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson
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    Aunty Gracey Rachel House
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    Chuppa Cohen Holloway
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    Juju Pana Hema-Taylor
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    Mr. Langston Craig Hall

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Keywords

  • farm
  • new zealand
  • maori
  • goat
  • coming of age
  • grief
  • dead mother
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • 1980s
  • kids on their own
  • father son relationship