Boy
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Boy is a 2010 New Zealand coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi that follows an imaginative Māori boy reconnecting with his estranged father.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Boy (2010 film) | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award |
Audience Award at the Sydney Film Festival 2010
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Deutsche Filmkunstpreis (German Film Art Award) 2010 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Taika Waititi short film "Two Cars, One Night" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Adam Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification | independent film ⓘ |
| countryBoxOfficeRecord | highest-grossing New Zealand film at its 2010 release ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| director | Taika Waititi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Transmission Films
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Unison Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Chris Plummer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Waihau Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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coming-of-age ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasDirectorRole | Taika Waititi as Alamein ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alamein
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Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | The Phoenix Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | an imaginative Māori boy reconnecting with his estranged father ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Māori community life ⓘ |
| portraysEthnicGroup | Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiere | 2010 Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| producer |
Ainsley Gardiner
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Cliff Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Clifford Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Whenua Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2010-01-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
Berlin International Film Festival
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Melbourne International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Taika Waititi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
1984
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New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
James Rolleston
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Taika Waititi NERFINISHED ⓘ Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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father–son relationship ⓘ imagination ⓘ |
| writer | Taika Waititi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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