Boy
7.5
“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.
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Cast
39 people
James Rolleston
Boy
Known for
The Dead Lands
The Dark Horse
Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu
Rocky
Also in
The Winter Boy
Weekend Graffiti
Taika Waititi
Alamein
Known for
Jojo Rabbit
The Mandalorian
Moerangi Tihore
Dynasty
No other roles listed
Cherilee Martin
Kelly
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RickyLee Waipuka-Russell
Chardonnay
Known for
Chief of War
Haze Reweti
Dallas
No other roles listed
Maakariini Butler
Murray
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Rajvinder Eria
Tane
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Manihera Rangiuaia
Kingi
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Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson
Holden
Also in
Kerosene Creek
The Bystanders
Rachel House
Aunty Gracey
Known for
Moana
Soul
Taika Waititi Director · Lukasz Pawel Buda Composer Samuel Scott Composer
Worldwide gross $9.1M · United States release March 2, 2012 · Produced in New Zealand
Box office
Worldwide gross
$9,116,968
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Unison Films
Production
Whenua Films
Production
New Zealand
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Māori
Release dates
United States · January 22, 2010
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
New Zealand · March 25, 2010
Theatrical
United States · March 2, 2012
Theatrical
Australia
August 26, 2010 · Theatrical
France
September 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
February 14, 2010 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Ireland
October 13, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 25, 2010 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 4, 2017 · Theatrical
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