119 mins |
Rated
R13 (Bloody violence & cruelty)
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Starring Guy Pearce, Dean O'Gorman, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Antonio Te Maioha
From one of our greatest ever filmmakers Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors), THE CONVERT is a powerful action-epic set in 1830’s New Zealand. Guy Pearce (Memento) stars as a preacher arriving to a new British settlement, and finds himself caught between two warring Māori tribes when he saves the life of a Chief’s daughter (Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Cousins). His own violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.
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From one of our greatest ever filmmakers Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors), THE CONVERT is a powerful action-epic set in 1830’s New Zealand. Guy Pearce (Memento) stars as a preacher arriving to a new British settlement, and finds himself caught between two warring Māori tribes when he saves the life of a Chief’s daughter (Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Cousins). His own violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.