Boy
Taika Waititi / NZ, 2010 / 87 min.
Idiosyncratic, visually spectacular tragicomedy about growing up in New Zealand in 1982. 11-year-old Boy fantasises about his absent father, imagining him as a diver, war hero, and close relative of Michael Jackson. In reality, his father is an incompetent wannabe gangster, who suddenly returns to Boy’s life.
An imaginative 11-year-old boy on New Zealand’s east coast tries to comprehend the world and his father who has just been released from prison. The clumsy man (played by director Waititi) wants to play a role in his son’s life again, however, his motives are suspect from the start. Because Boy doesn’t have a stable parent figure, he creates his own hilarious, idealised figure. Boy’s playfulness slowly makes way for the drama below the surface.
Courtesy of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission.
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Director
Taika Waititi
Production year
2010
Country
NZ
Original title
Boy
Length
87 min.
Language
English
Format
DCP
Part of
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