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A woman who has come to a strange land is torn between the life she knows and the new life around her in this epic-scale historical drama. In 1854, New Zealand's indigenous Maori tribes were engaged in an ongoing battle to drive away European settlers eager to establish colonies in the nation's wilderness, which the Maori saw as a threat to their way of life. However, some outsiders had made a home in New Zealand with the cooperation of the Maori, and an Irish settlement had been established, with Francis (Stephen Rea), the colony's doctor, bringing his daughter Sarah (Samantha Morton) with him to this new land. Sarah becomes acquainted with the son of one of the Maori leaders, and in time their friendship grows into something deeper. When Sarah discovers she's pregnant with the chief's son's child, the father has been called off to fight against the Europeans, and by the time her son is born, his father is dead. Sarah raises her child, whom she simply calls Boy, but when Boy reaches the age of six, he's abducted by his father's family, who believes he should grow up among the Maori. Fearing further reprisals, Francis returns to Ireland, but Sarah stays behind to care for the sick and look for her son. Years later, while in search of Boy, Sarah encounters Wiremu (Cliff Curtis), a Maori warrior whose father Te Kai Po (Temuera Morrison) is ill. When Wiremu learns that Sarah is well versed in medicine, he makes an offer -- if she will treat Te Kai Po and return him to health, he will find Boy. Sarah is able to cure Te Kai Po's ailment, and Wiremu returns the now-teenaged Boy (David Rawiri Pene) to his mother. Boy is not eager to leave behind the Maori people who have become his family, and he and Sarah stay with Te Kai Po's tribe for a while, but in time she is drawn back to the Irish colony, where she finds herself torn between Doyle (Kiefer Sutherland), the soldier who loves her and wishes to protect her, and Wiremu, who she has grown to love.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Production Silverscreen Films [nz]; Film Consortium, The [gb]; Endgame Entertainment; Film Consortium; Invicta Capital [gb]; New Zealand Film Commission [nz]; New Zealand Film Production Fund [nz]; UK Film Council [gb]; Cast Names Elly Brindle; Samantha Morton; Kiefer Sutherland; Cliff Curtis; Temuera Morrison; Anton Lesser; Rawiri Pene; Stephen Rea; Wi Kuki Kaa; Mark Ruka; Mikaila Hutchinson; Tyson Reweti; Grayson Putu; Nathan Passfield; Laura Coyte Douglas; Julie Ranginui; Noa Campbell; Brandon Lakshman; Barry Te Hira; Warwick Morehu; Thomas Kiwi; Bill Pene; Kayte Ferguson; Nancy Ngaiwaiwera Turanga; Glen Drake; Poipoia Te Taonga Poa; Stephen Reweti; John Katipa; Adam Gardiner; Paul Norell; Box Office NZD 617,299 Release Date 2008-11-25 (DVD premiere) Genres Action; Adventure; Drama; MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for violent and sexual content. Running Time 1 hr. 54 min. (Toronto International Film Festival) Director Vincent Ward
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