Polski opis
Produkcja: Nowa Zelandia, Wielka Brytania
Gatunek: Dramat
Reżyseria: Vincent Ward
Scenariusz: Vincent Ward, Toa Fraser
Zdjęcia: Alun Bollinger
Muzyka: Karl Jenkins
Ocena na imdb.com: 6.4/10 (głosów: 314)
Ocena na filmweb.pl: 8.29/10 (głosów: 7)
Opis:
Film opowiada historię kobiety o imieniu Sarah O'Brien (Samantha Morton), irlandzkiej imigrantki żyjącej w Nowej Zelandii wraz ze swoim maoryskim synem - Pene. W czasie europejsko-maoryskich zatargów jej syn ginie bez śladu. Sarah postanawia go odszukać...
Źródło: filmweb.pl
Obsada:
Sarah O'Brien: Samantha Morton
Doyle: Kiefer Sutherland
Wiremu: Cliff Curtis
Te Kai Po: Temuera Morrison
Baine: Anton Lesser
Boy: Rawiri Pene
Francis: Stephen Rea
Starzec Rangi: Wi Kuki Kaa
Hone: Mark Ruka
Tommy Boy: Tyson Reweti
Młody Wiremu: Grayson Putu
English description
Country: New Zealand, UK
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Vincent Ward
Writing credits: Vincent Ward, Toa Fraser
Director of photography: Alun Bollinger
Music by: Karl Jenkins
imdb.com user rating: 6.4/10 (votes: 314)
filmweb.pl user rating: 8.29/10 (votes: 7)
Plot Summary:
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.
Source: allmovie.com
Cast:
Sarah O'Brien: Samantha Morton
Doyle: Kiefer Sutherland
Wiremu: Cliff Curtis
Te Kai Po: Temuera Morrison
Baine: Anton Lesser
Boy: Rawiri Pene
Francis: Stephen Rea
Old Rangi: Wi Kuki Kaa
Hone: Mark Ruka
Tommy Boy: Tyson Reweti
Young Wiremu: Grayson Putu
