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The God Boy ()
Directed by Murray Reece
Overview
The God Boy is a portrait of a troubled teen Jimmy (Jamie Higgins) growing up in post-war small town New Zealand and wrestling with a repressive education and home front turmoil. Adapted from the Ian Cross novel by Ian Mune and directed by Murray Reece, the landmark film was the first NZ telefeature, gaining Feltex awards and front page reviews. With menace and Catholic guilt ever-present, it’s credited as a pioneer of what Sam Neill dubbed NZ’s “cinema of unease”. (NZ On Screen)
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Ivan Beavis | Maria Craig | Judie Douglass | Jamie Higgins | Bernard Kearns | Harold Kissin